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Spot Forecast for slagle pb...LDWF
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
729 AM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on March 24.
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...

The surface ridge will move off to the east throughout
the day, allowing for a return of warmer and more moist
air off of the Gulf. A potent low pressure system will
traverse the region Monday and Tuesday bringing about
widespread showers and thunderstorms.

Today will be windy, with southerly flow increasing to
20 to 25 MPH with higher gusts.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 6 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 20 mph shifting to the south 22
                    to 25 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...152-1433 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 7 to 11 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86  78  83  85  81  80  75  84  85  79
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48  52  57  61  65  68  71  72  72  73
RH..............83  77  69  62  54  51  49  48  49  49
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   10  9   9   10  10  12  12  13  14
20 FT wind gust.15  18  20  20  21  21  21  22  22  24
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   8   7   7   8   8   8   8   9   10
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   11  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.2 1.3 1.8 2.2 3.3 4.0 4.6 4.7 4.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  17  16  16  17  20  22  23  23  25
Trans wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   8   7   7   8   9   10  10  10  11

$$
Forecaster...STIGGER
Requested by...Eric Baka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408294.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ebaka@wlf.la.gov


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