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Spot Forecast for Cal C-80...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
527 AM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 19.
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...
Warm and humid conditions will continue through tonight, with
very low rain chances. The potential for fog development overnight
as also low, especially for visibilities less than 3 miles.

For the weekend, a cold front will settle across the area on
Saturday, with rain chances increasing late Saturday into early
Sunday as a disturbance aloft moves through the region. Some
showers or storms could produce heavy rainfall. Rain will end from
west to east Sunday afternoon, with northerly winds bringing much
cooler temperatures Sunday into Monday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 3 mph late in
                    the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height (m)...640-1646 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 2 to 3 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  59  57  57  57  57  57  36  33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............71  75  78  81  83  85  85  86  85
RH..............97  82  74  65  59  55  53  51  53
20 FT wind dir..N   N   SW  S   SE  S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   0   2   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   5   5   6   7   7   8   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   SW  S   SE  S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.0   0   1   2   3   3   3   3   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   3   3   4   4   4   5   4
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 2.2 3.0 3.5 4.2 4.7 5.2 5.4 4.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.2
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  S
Trans spd (m/s).3   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 3 mph early
                    in the evening, then increasing to around 4 mph
                    late in the evening shifting to the northeast
                    overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 6 mph late in
                    the evening, then shifting to the northeast 5
                    to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph shifting to the north around
                    6 mph early in the evening, then shifting to
                    the south 8 to 9 mph early in the evening
                    shifting to the north 6 to 7 mph late in the
                    evening shifting to the northeast 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height (m)...183-884 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South around 2 meters/second shifting to the
                    north around 3 meters/second early in the
                    evening, then shifting to the south around 4
                    meters/second early in the evening shifting to
                    the north around 3 meters/second late in the
                    evening shifting to the northeast 3 to 4
                    meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........52  58  57  65  72  75  69  76  77  82  84  87
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............85  83  78  75  74  72  72  71  70  69  68  67
RH..............53  57  69  76  76  81  81  84  87  90  90  90
20 FT wind dir..S   N   S   S   S   S   E   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..1   0   2   3   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   8   9   10  10  10  8   7   7   9   9   10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   N   S   S   S   S   E   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   0   1   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   5   5   6   6   6   5           5   5   6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.S   N   S   S   S   N   N   NE  E   NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.5   6   8   9   8   7   7   6   7   8   8   8
Trans wind dir..S   N   S   S   S   N   N   NE  E   NE  NE  NE
Trans spd (m/s).2   3   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   4   4   4

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 14 mph.
Mixing height (m)...274-610 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 3 to 6 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  90  76  88  84  82  82  82  81  80  79  79
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............66  66  66  65  69  70  72  73  73  72  72  71
RH..............93  93  90  93  81  78  75  68  67  68  66  67
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.9   10  10  10  10  10  12  12  13  14  15  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
Transp wind spd.8   7   7   8   8   8   8   9   10  10  12  14
Trans wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
Trans spd (m/s).4   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   6

$$
Forecaster...LOCKWOOD
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411323.0/LCH
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
