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Spot Forecast for CAL C-82...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
157 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 24.
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 weather with a warming trend expected for the rest of the
work week. SFC winds remains onshore through the rest of the
week, becoming quite gusty late this week into the weekend.
Min RH will remain the the 50-60% range the rest of the week.

Fog will be a concern on Thursday morning, April 24th, as
winds will be light enough to allow for some shallow fog formation.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 3 mph
                    late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...274-1097 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North around 1 meters/second shifting to the
                    west late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    northwest around 2 meters/second early in the
                    afternoon shifting to the east early in the
                    afternoon shifting to the southeast 2 to 3
                    meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  57  57  57  57  57  57  27  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............66  70  73  76  77  80  80  80  81
RH..............81  76  68  62  60  54  54  54  53
20 FT wind dir..N   N   S   SW  S   SE  S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..0   0   2   2   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   6   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   S   SW  S   SE  S   S   SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.0   0   1   1   2   2   3   2   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.3   4   3   3   4   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9
Trans wind dir..N   N   SW  W   NW  E   SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 3 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming southeast around
                    3 mph late in the evening increasing to around
                    4 mph becoming light late in the evening
                    becoming south around 4 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 3 mph overnight becoming
                    light.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    late in the evening, then becoming light late
                    in the evening becoming south around 5 mph
                    overnight becoming light.
Mixing height (m)...122-884 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    southwest late in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  7   11  28  29  19  21  18  19  26  21  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............80  79  76  72  70  68  67  66  65  65  63  63
RH..............54  58  64  73  76  81  84  87  90  90  97  97
20 FT wind dir..E   N   N   SE  SE  N   N   S   SW  SW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   0   0   3   5   0   0   5   3   3   0   0
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   7   6   6
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   N   N   SE  SE  N   N   S   SW  SW  N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   0   0   3   4   0   0   4   3   3   0   0
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4
Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Trans wind dir..SE  SE  SE  E   SE  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   SW
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   3   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...152-1524 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    northeast around 4 meters/second early in the
                    morning, then shifting to the south 4 to 7
                    meters/second in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........30  57  57  30  57  19  24  29  30  31  32  33
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............62  62  64  68  73  77  M   82  M   M   85  M
RH..............97  100 97  90  76  64  59  53  51  48  46  49
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   SE  S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   8   10  12  13  14  14  15  15  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   SE  S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.0   0   0   4   4   5   5   5   5   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   5   6   7   8   8   8   9   9   10
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.1
Trans wind dir..NW  N   NE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   4   4   4   4   5   6   6   7   7   7

$$
Forecaster...SLAUGHTER
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412088.0/LCH
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
