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Spot Forecast for Star Lake...DOI WFS TCP
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
724 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on September 15.
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...

Limited rain chances are expected today with only a small chance of
about 10 percent of a light shower this morning then only a small
chance of about 10 percent of a thunderstorm developing along the
sea breeze this afternoon. Overall a humid air mass will remain in
place with mainly light south to southeast winds, becoming slightly
higher with the seabreeze in the afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southeast up to 5
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southeast 5 to 8
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 9 mph.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37  34  41  27  31  31  21  23  21  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............83  84  87  87  87  87  87  87  88  87
RH..............85  82  75  75  72  75  72  72  70  72
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   3   5   6   6   7   7   7   8   8
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   8   9   10  12  12  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   2   3   4   4   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   5   5   6   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.8 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.6   6   5   6   7   8   8   8   9   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 81.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph in the evening and
                    overnight becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    south 6 to 7 mph in the evening and overnight,
                    then becoming light overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........36  38  18  30  17  14  14  21  41  32  39  59
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............87  86  85  85  85  85  85  85  85  84  83  83
RH..............72  75  80  77  77  77  77  77  77  80  82  82
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  E   NE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   6   7   7   7   6   6   3   3   2   3
20 FT wind gust.10  9   9   9   9   9   8   7   5   5   3   5
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  E   NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   4   5   5   5   4   4   2   2   1   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.6       5               5       3   3   2   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   9   10  10  9   9   7   6   5   6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 8 mph shifting to the 7 to 8
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    east 10 to 12 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and early afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43  30  63  45  57  41  44  23  21  31  40  24
Weather cov.....            SCH     SCH SCH         SCH
Weather type....            RW      RW  RW          RW
Tstm cov........            SCH     SCH SCH         SCH
Temp............82  81  82  83  85  86  86  87  87  88  88  88
RH..............85  88  85  85  80  77  75  72  70  68  68  68
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   8   9   10  10  12  12  12  10  10
20 FT wind gust.7   9   10  12  14  15  15  16  16  16  16  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   5   5   6   7   7   8   8   8   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.    5   6   7   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.6   7   8   9   10  12  12  13  13  13  12  13

$$
Forecaster...RUA
Requested by...Jon King
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621804.0/LCH
.DELDT 09/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL aaron_Radford@fws.gov,jon_king@fws.gov