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Spot Forecast for ADC Prescribed burn...LDWF
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
629 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on May 28.
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...
Hot and humid will continue today, heat indices should remain just
below heat advisory criteria. Strong to severe thunderstorms will
move through the region in the afternoon. A return to more seasonal
temperatures expected Wednesday through next weekend. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms can be expected each afternoon for the
remainder of the week.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 3 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph shifting to the northeast 6
                    to 7 mph early in the morning, then increasing
                    to 10 to 12 mph in the late morning and early
                    afternoon shifting to the east late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  79  72  64  67  64  66  69  68  67  66  65
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............71  70  72  74  78  80  82  83  84  84  85  83
RH..............93  97  93  87  76  69  65  63  61  61  59  63
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   2   2   3   3   3   3   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   E   NE  N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   7   6   7   10  12  12  12  12  12  10  10

$$
Forecaster...SLAUGHTER
Requested by...Eric Baka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415187.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ebaka@wlf.la.gov