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Spot Forecast for C-132...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
812 AM CDT Thu Sep 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on September 04.
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...

Areas of patchy fog developed overnight. These should mix out with
sunrise. Otherwise expect dry and hot conditions today with dry
air moving in overhead. Some fair weather-type clouds are expected
at about 5000 ft.
Although winds aloft will be from the north and northwest,
surface winds will prevail from the the southwest due to high
pressure situated just to the east.

Surface moisture may mix out some, but humidity will still linger
in the 35 to 40 percent range today.

Another round of patchy ground fog will be possible Friday
morning.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...122-1829 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 2 to 3 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  13  8   7   7   11  8   7   7   4
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............72  77  84  87  89  92  93  93  94  92
RH..............97  87  70  61  54  46  43  43  40  43
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.8   9   9   9   8   8   8   9   8   8
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   2   3   3   4   3   4   4   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).2   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 72.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...122-1341 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   3   1   3   4   6   13  1   18  14  38  28
Weather cov.....                                            PTY
Weather type....                                            FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............91  88  83  80  78  77  75  74  73  73  73  72
RH..............45  54  65  72  76  79  87  93  93  97  97  100
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   7   7   8   12  14  14  14  13  13  13  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   2   2   2   3   4   4   4   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   4   4   5   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (km)....1.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   6   4   4   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph increasing to up to 4
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 6 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-1951 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  49  37  39  41  42  42  43  45  47  49  52
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............72  72  74  79  83  86  90  91  92  94  95  93
RH..............100 99  95  86  71  64  56  52  48  45  44  48
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.5
Trans wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   6   6   6   5   5   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...CALHOUN
Requested by...Jason French
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2521308.0/LCH
.DELDT 09/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jason.french@usda.gov,adam.boudreaux@usda.gov