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Spot Forecast for Vernon BU 108_104...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
720 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on September 16.
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...

Not expecting much in the way of convection today as drier air aloft moves in.
Also, winds are expected to remain light, however the direction will be from
the east today instead of south.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east up to 4 mph late in
                    the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming east 5 to 6 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 3 to 10 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-2195 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 1 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  4   9   24  23  41  31  42  29  26
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............77  81  87  90  92  93  95  95  96  94
RH..............97  88  68  60  52  49  45  45  43  46
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..1   2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.6   6   8   10  12  12  12  12  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.3 3.5 5.1 5.6 6.4 7.0 7.2 6.9 5.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.4 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.8
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.3   6   9   10  10  9   9   9   9   10
Trans wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).1   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-1128 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 3 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45  40  50  32  38  50  47  37  21  9   3   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............93  90  86  83  82  81  80  79  79  78  77  76
RH..............49  56  63  72  74  77  79  82  82  85  90  94
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  E   E   SE  E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  9   9   9   9   8   8   7   7   7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   SE  E   E   SE  E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....1.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Transp wind dir.E   SE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   8   8   9   8   8   8   8   8   7
Trans wind dir..E   SE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east up to 4 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming east 5 to 6 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-2256 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 3 to 5 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   1   1   3   5   7   8   10  14  12  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............76  75  77  81  85  88  91  93  93  95  94  93
RH..............90  94  90  79  70  61  54  47  46  43  43  44
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8   9   10  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9 3.3 4.4 5.4 6.0 7.2 7.4 7.1 6.7
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   10  12  12  12  12  9   9   10  9
Trans wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...RUA
Requested by...Andrew Walters
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2621992.0/LCH
.DELDT 09/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL adam.boudreaux@usda.gov,andrew.walters2@usda.gov