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Spot Forecast for Vernon Fire...US FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
525 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1719 CDT on October 29.
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...

Dry conditions continue across the area, with afternoon minimum RH
expected to be in the 30-45 percent range again today while winds
remain light from the east. Fuels remain very dry due to ongoing
drought, but higher humidity and cooler temperatures the past few
days has allowed ERC values to fall to 70th-80th percentile, which
should help limit fire danger somewhat compared to much of the past
few weeks. RH values will start increasing again Friday as a surge
of moisture arrives, bringing with it a return of rain chances to
the area late Friday through Saturday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................
Eye level winds.....Light winds.

TIME (CDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
LAL.............M
Temp............82
RH..............33
20 FT wind dir..E
20 FT wind spd..3
20 FT wind gust.8
Eye lvl wnd dir.E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2
Eye lvl wnd gst.5
Ridge wind dir..M
Ridge wind spd..M

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................
Eye level winds.....Light winds.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58  56  58  29  46  53  53  76  66  79  78  71
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............79  75  69  66  65  63  62  61  60  59  59  59
RH..............36  43  55  61  63  67  67  70  69  72  69  69
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.7   7   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   6
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   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.4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   4
Ridge wind dir..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ridge wind spd..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east up to 4 mph late in
                    the morning, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63  82  74  58  70  76  84  91  81  85  86  86
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Temp............58  59  58  62  69  73  75  78  79  79  80  79
RH..............75  72  77  75  63  57  54  48  47  49  47  50
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   3   5   5   6   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.6   7   8   9   8   9   10  12  10  10  10  8
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   2   2   2   3   3   4   3   3   3   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   5   5   5   5   6   7   6   6   6   5
Ridge wind dir..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ridge wind spd..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M

$$
Forecaster...SLAUGHTER
Requested by...Jason French
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 10/29/26
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.EMAIL jason.french@usda.gov