Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
083
FNUS74 KLCH 101411
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for C-130,129,131...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
811 AM CST Wed Dec 10 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on December 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Light southerly winds this morning will increase dewpoints from the mid
40s into the mid 50s by late morning yielding minimum relative humidity
values near 50 percent. A dry cold front will move through the region late
this morning into early this afternoon turning winds out of the northwest
around 10 MPH before diminishing around sunset. Dewpoints behind the front
will fall into the mid 40s this afternoon. Fog is not expected tonight
into Thursday morning.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 3 mph early in the
morning shifting to the west around 4 mph, then
shifting to the northwest late in the afternoon
becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds early in the morning becoming west
5 to 6 mph, then shifting to the northwest late
in the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height (m)...152-975 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.West 5 to 9 meters/second shifting to the north
5 to 6 meters/second late in the afternoon.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19 25 17 11 9 7 5 5 3 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............46 52 58 62 66 67 67 68 66 63
RH..............100 100 87 75 65 61 56 53 52 58
20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W W W NW NW NW N
20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 3
20 FT wind gust.10 14 18 18 18 18 16 14 15 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW W W W W NW NW NW N
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.6 8 11 11 11 11 10 8 9 8
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.2
Trans wind dir..SW W W W W NW NW NW N N
Trans spd (m/s).5 7 9 9 10 9 7 6 6 5
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...122 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 4 to 6 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............59 53 51 49 48 46 45 44 42 42 40 40
RH..............64 77 77 77 77 79 76 76 79 76 82 79
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.13 13 12 10 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 7
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Trans wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N NE NE
Trans spd (m/s).5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 4 4
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...122-792 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
south 2 to 3 meters/second in the afternoon.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............39 38 41 45 49 54 58 60 62 62 60 58
RH..............82 82 76 70 61 50 44 41 39 39 44 47
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E SE SE SE S S S S
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE E E E SE SE SE S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.3
Trans wind dir..NE NE E E E SE S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).4 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
$$
Forecaster...JONES
Requested by...Jason French
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527296.0/LCH
.DELDT 12/10/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jason.french@usda.gov,andrew.walters2@usda.gov,steven.staples@usda.gov,joshua.bryant@usda.gov