Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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Spot Forecast for C-102 W...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
742 AM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on June 18.
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...
Light southerly winds will remain throughout the remainder of the
work week with lower isolated to scattered rainfall chances.
Minimum RH, which will briefly occur during late afternoon remains
above 60% through Thursday, then lower toward 50-60% over portions
of Central LA by Friday. Generally, these conditions will help
keep fire weather concerns low into the weekend. Chances for
scattered rainfall increase again early next week.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms early in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 20 mph.
Mixing height (m)...183-1341 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 9 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........22 18 18 23 27 28 41 47 39 32 22
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH
Temp............76 79 82 84 86 88 87 87 87 87 87
RH..............97 91 82 77 70 63 65 63 63 63 65
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 16 16 16 17 16 17 17 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S SW S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.9 2.7 3.3 3.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.13 18 20 20 17 16 16 14 13 13 14
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).6 8 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-914 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........27 19 19 17 18 28 28 16 23 26 29 42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............86 85 82 79 79 77 77 76 76 75 75 75
RH..............68 67 77 85 85 90 94 94 97 97 100 97
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.17 16 16 15 14 13 13 12 12 10 9 8
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.14 13 12 12 13 13 9 8 8 9 10 8
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
.JUNETEENTH...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Showers likely
and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 3 mph in the
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
morning becoming light, then becoming southwest
around 5 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-1585 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 5 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........41 44 36 30 39 52 45 38 40 43 45 47
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............75 76 78 82 85 86 87 88 88 88 87 86
RH..............100 97 97 88 77 75 70 66 63 63 65 68
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 2.2 3.1 3.3 4.3 5.2 4.4 3.6 2.9 2.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.7
Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S
Transp wind spd.8 7 8 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 10
Trans wind dir..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S
Trans spd (m/s).4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
$$
Forecaster...KOWALSKI
Requested by...Jason French
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2516126.0/LCH
.DELDT 06/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jason.french@usda.gov