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Spot Forecast for ADC Prescribed burn...LDWF
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
640 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on May 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (337) 477-5285, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop with daytime
heating and an approach of an upper level disturbance. Best time to see
any activity will be between noon and 5 pm.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 3 mph
                    late in the morning, then increasing to south
                    around 4 mph early in the afternoon decreasing
                    to around 3 mph late in the afternoon shifting
                    to the around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    early in the afternoon, then becoming light
                    late in the afternoon becoming south around 5
                    mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 9 mph shifting to the south around 8
                    mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  48  54  40  41  45  51  56  59  66  60
Weather cov.....    PTY                 SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    FOG                 RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............70  71  76  80  84  87  88  88  89  88  88
RH..............87  90  82  72  61  53  50  52  50  52  54
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   3   5   5   3   3   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   9   10  12  13  13  13  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   2   3   4   4   3   3   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.4 4.3 4.6 5.1 5.3 3.7
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.5   7   8   9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8

$$
Forecaster...RUA
Requested by...Eric Baka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415271.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ebaka@wlf.la.gov