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Spot Forecast for SBR UNIT 4...USFWS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
656 AM CDT Thu Mar 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on March 21.
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...

Scattered showers across the region at this hour will continue to increase
in coverage and intensity through the morning as an area of low pressure
moves up the Texas gulf coast and across the region. Easterly winds will increase
through the morning to around 15 knots gusting to 25 as the low approaches.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms continue through Friday morning before
ending with the passage of a cold front. Cooler and drier air will filter into
the region on elevated northerly winds Friday night into Saturday behind the
departing cold front.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and
                    chance of thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........78-84 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 22 mph in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86  91  84  82  81  81  84  83  88  85  87
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............62  62  63  63  63  65  65  64  65  64  65
RH..............84  86  89  89  92  87  86  88  85  88  89
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   12  12  12  12  14  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.14  15  16  18  18  20  21  23  22  22  22
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   6   7   8   8   8   8   10  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   9   10  11  11  12  13  14  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  13  14  17  17  21  18  20  22  22  21

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
                    showers in the evening and overnight. Chance of
                    thunderstorms through the night. Showers likely
                    after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    south 6 to 8 mph after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 12 to 14 mph shifting to the south 8
                    to 10 mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 21 mph shifting to the south
                    around 12 mph early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........87  88  83  89  74  84  74  76  77  70  79  77
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............64  64  64  64  64  64  65  65  64  64  65  62
RH..............90  90  92  92  92  91  92  92  99  99  99  100
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  14  13  12  12  12  10  10  10  8
20 FT wind gust.22  22  22  21  21  21  20  20  18  17  17  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.10  9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   8   8   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  13  13  13  13  13  12  12  11  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S
Transp wind spd.21  21  20  21  18  17  16  17  16  17  15  12

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........68-73 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 18 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........70  72  78  57  57  55  53  51  49  45  42  48
Weather cov.....CHC
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........CHC
Temp............64  64  64  65  67  68  70  71  71  72  72  70
RH..............100 100 95  95  92  87  82  78  75  73  71  73
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   8   9   10  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.15  13  13  15  15  15  16  17  20  20  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   5   5   6   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   8   8   9   9   9   10  10  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.7 2.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  9   9   10  13  15  17  18  18  18  18  18

$$
Forecaster...JONES
Requested by...Lucas Doucet
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408024.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Lucas_doucet@fws.gov,sami_gray@fws.gov


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