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FNUS74 KLCH 231324
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Spot Forecast for County Road 82 Fire...Texas A & M Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
824 AM CDT Wed Sep 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on September 23.
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...

One more rather humid and warm day is in store with high pressure
right overhead. Scattered seabreeze showers, primarily along and
south of the I-10 corridor, are possible. A dry frontal passage
then occurs late Wednesday into Thursday with an arrival of
significantly drier, and perhaps cooler, air to arrive on
Thursday. Cooler and drier conditions will then persist into the
weekend with minimum RH values 30 to 40 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...335-1981 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast around 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   9   13  22  20  25  27  30  39
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............79  84  88  90  93  94  94  96  94
RH..............85  72  63  58  52  49  48  43  46
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.10  12  14  14  14  15  15  15  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.6 2.5 4.0 5.1 6.0 6.2 6.5 5.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.7
Transp wind dir.E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.9   9   8   8   9   10  10  10  10
Trans wind dir..E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 3 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northeast
                    up to 4 mph after 3 am.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming northeast
                    5 to 6 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1006 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast around 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........40  44  36  27  29  37  37  29  31  61  32  58
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............94  90  85  84  83  82  81  81  80  79  78  76
RH..............46  52  63  65  67  67  67  65  65  64  64  64
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.13  10  12  10  10  12  12  12  13  14  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   3   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   6   7   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   10
Trans wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1951 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph shifting to the north 9
                    to 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.East around 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    north 4 to 5 meters/second late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  36  31  19  27  30  52  43  49  60  45  26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............75  74  74  76  81  84  86  89  90  90  92  90
RH..............66  66  66  66  56  53  51  47  44  44  38  41
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  15  14  15  14  14  15  15  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  9   8   9   8   8   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 1.2 1.6 2.2 3.1 4.1 5.5 6.4 5.2 4.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.3
Transp wind dir.E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  10  10  9   8   9   9   9   12  10
Trans wind dir..E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   4

$$
Forecaster...KOWALSKI
Requested by...John McKinney
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622396.0/LCH
.DELDT 09/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Lufkindispatch@tfs.tamu.edu