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FNUS74 KLCH 080949
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Spot Forecast for CAL C-26...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
449 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 CDT on May 08.
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...
Very warm and muggy conditions will continue today into Thursday
with breezy southerly winds off the Gulf of Mexico. Winds will weaken
after midnight tonight dropping to around 5 MPH Thursday morning. Areas
of fog will be possible after midnight. Probability of fog is 40% Thursday
morning.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (15-25 percent). Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 6 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height (m)...183-1280 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 9 meters/second increasing to 9 to
                    10 meters/second late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  74  75  76  77  67  58  48  41  33  26  20
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............75  74  75  77  80  82  83  87  89  89  91  89
RH..............94  97  97  94  85  77  74  63  59  57  52  54
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   8   10  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  14
20 FT wind gust.16  15  17  20  20  20  21  21  21  21  21  23
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   6   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   10
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  9   10  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  14
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   5   6   7   9   9   9   9   9   9   10  9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 9 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-975 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 9 meters/second shifting to the
                    southwest after 3 am.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15  9   28  46  65  68  70  73  72  70  69  66
Weather cov.....                                            PTY
Weather type....                                            FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............89  86  82  80  78  78  77  76  76  76  75  74
RH..............54  59  67  74  79  79  85  90  87  90  94  97
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..13  13  12  12  12  12  12  10  9   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.21  21  20  20  20  20  20  17  16  15  15  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  13  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  9   9   8
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S
Trans spd (m/s).9   7   6   7   7   7   7   7   5   5   4   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-1311 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 (%).........64  61  65  70  74  69  64  59  60  62  63  70
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............74  73  75  77  80  83  85  88  89  89  90  89
RH..............97  100 94  94  82  74  70  61  60  57  56  57
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.9
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   4   4   5   5

$$
Forecaster...JONES
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413341.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/08/24
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.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov