Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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FNUS74 KLCH 261745
FWSLCH

Spot Forecast for CAL C-82...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1245 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 27.
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...
A tight pressure gradient over the region will allow for quite
breezy and gusty conditions through the weekend. Little to no fog
expected due to elevated winds overnight. The next chance for
significant rainfall will come late Sunday into Monday.

Mixing height in km (program default), multiply by 1000 to get
meters.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 10 mph with gusts to around
                    17 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 14 mph with gusts to around
                    28 mph.
Mixing height (m)...792-1646 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 10 to 11 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  57  57  40  23  21  18  16  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............73  77  81  83  84  84  85  85  84
RH..............84  74  60  56  51  51  48  48  50
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.26  28  28  28  26  26  26  26  26
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.16  17  17  17  16  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (km)....0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.3
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).10  11  11  11  10  10  11  11  10

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 68.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 17 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 14 mph with gusts to
                    around 28 mph.
Mixing height (m)...274-1036 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 8 to 10 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........12  10  26  41  57  63  70  76  79  81  84  85
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............82  81  79  76  74  73  73  72  71  71  70  70
RH..............50  53  59  63  71  73  77  79  80  79  81  82
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.26  28  28  26  26  26  28  28  28  26  26  26
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.16  17  17  16  16  16  17  17  17  16  16  16
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).10  9   9   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 10 to 12 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 16 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...213-1920 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 8 to 12 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  86  76  67  57  53  50  46  46  45  45  49
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............69  69  71  74  76  79  81  84  84  85  85  84
RH..............86  87  80  77  71  63  56  49  49  48  48  50
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  15  16  16  16  16  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.26  25  28  29  30  30  30  30  29  29  28  29
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.10  10  10  11  12  12  12  12  11  11  11  11
Eye lvl wnd gst.16  15  17  17  18  18  18  18  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3
Trans wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).8   8   9   10  11  12  11  11  11  11  11  10

$$
Forecaster...LANDRENEAU
Requested by...Adam Boudreaux
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412564.0/LCH
.DELDT 04/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adam.boudreaux@usda.gov