Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
500 FNUS74 KLCH 010924 FWSLCH Spot Forecast for CAL C-82...USFS National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 424 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 01. 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... Patchy areas of ground fog have already developed this morning and will hang around until after sunrise. Ground fog will mix out quickly after 7 AM. Southeasterly flow to prevail for the rest of the fire forecast period. Isolated showers will be possible this afternoon, with better rain chances coming back to the forecast late tonight and Thursday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected north of I-10 with 2 to 4 inches of rain with isolated higher amounts possible. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Max temperature.....Around 89. Min humidity........41 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 5 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height (m)...244-1737 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.Southeast 3 to 4 meters/second. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........31 16 9 3 4 4 7 13 13 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............70 77 81 83 86 87 87 89 87 RH..............87 69 58 51 46 43 43 41 45 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.8 10 12 10 12 12 12 13 12 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Eye lvl wnd spd.3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 Trans wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Trans spd (m/s).3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 70. Max humidity........97 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 5 mph. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Mixing height (m)...152-1067 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........17 21 19 34 39 49 74 72 82 84 84 89 Weather cov.....SCH Weather type....RW Tstm cov........SCH Temp............87 84 79 76 75 73 73 72 71 71 70 71 RH..............45 53 64 74 76 84 87 90 93 93 97 93 20 FT wind dir..S SE S S S S S SE S S SE SE 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 15 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 Mix hgt (km)....1.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SE Trans spd (m/s).5 4 4 5 4 5 6 4 5 5 6 5 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Patchy fog early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........69 percent. Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 7 mph. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the morning and early afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Mixing height (m)...183-640 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 8 meters/second. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........91 92 88 80 76 70 75 79 77 76 74 70 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 CHC CHC Temp............70 70 70 72 74 76 77 78 79 79 80 79 RH..............97 97 97 93 87 82 79 74 72 71 69 71 20 FT wind dir..SE S S SE S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 20 FT wind gust.14 15 17 18 17 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 9 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Trans wind dir..SE S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).5 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 $$ Forecaster...CALHOUN Requested by...Adam Boudreaux Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412564.1/LCH .DELDT 05/01/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL adam.boudreaux@usda.gov