Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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Spot Forecast for Black Branch...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
619 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 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. 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.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning. Haze early in the morning.
Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late
in the morning. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 3 mph increasing to
around 4 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
morning becoming light, then becoming southeast
around 5 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 12 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67 72 62 58 57 45 43 40 46 59 67 57
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............76 75 76 79 82 86 87 88 90 90 91 86
RH..............97 100 100 94 88 77 70 66 62 60 56 65
20 FT wind dir..SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..1 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 9 10 13 13 14 14 14 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.6 3.2 3.6 3.0 2.6 1.6
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE S S SE SE
Transp wind spd.5 5 7 8 9 9 12 12 12 10 10 10
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 4 mph decreasing to
around 3 mph in the evening and overnight, then
becoming light after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the west
around 12 mph after 3 am, then shifting to the
north around 10 mph early in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........52 49 59 61 53 68 75 71 71 80 85 82
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............82 79 77 75 74 73 73 73 72 72 72 72
RH..............72 82 87 90 90 90 93 90 93 93 90 93
20 FT wind dir..SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.14 13 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 7 7 7
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE S W N
Transp wind spd.10 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 10
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 3 mph.
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 east early
in the morning, then shifting to the southeast
12 to 13 mph in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85 84 75 72 79 75 72 69 67 65 64 64
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Temp............72 72 72 74 77 78 80 82 83 83 84 82
RH..............93 93 97 97 87 88 79 74 72 72 70 72
20 FT wind dir..E NE E E E E E E E E SE SE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 9 9 10 12 13 13 13 14 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.E NE E E E E E E E E SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 2.6
Transp wind dir.N N E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.7 7 9 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 12
$$
Forecaster...SLAUGHTER
Requested by...Todd Zumhofe
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415173.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/28/24
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.EMAIL a.t.zumhofe@usda.gov