Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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Spot Forecast for ANF Black Branch 84...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
538 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on May 11.
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 can be expected today, with minimum relative humidity
values between 40 and 50 percent. No fog is expected this morning, and
potential for fog tonight is low. Northeast winds this morning
will veer more east during the day, with sustained speeds less
than 10 MPH and gusts between 14 and 18 MPH.
Humidity will increase again by Sunday as winds become more
southeasterly. Showers and storms are also expected to increase
across the region on Sunday and continue into Monday, with heavy
rainfall possible at times.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 14 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59 62 37 45 56 60 50 64 53 54 67 69
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............66 64 66 68 73 76 79 80 82 82 82 83
RH..............84 87 81 78 66 60 52 51 46 46 46 44
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..5 5 7 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT wind gust.9 10 12 10 13 13 14 13 13 13 12 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 6 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.6 1.5 1.8 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.4 2.7
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 14 12 13 10 12 10 9 8 8
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
showers overnight. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 4 mph decreasing to around 3
mph late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
becoming light, then becoming east around 5 mph
overnight becoming light. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........56 59 53 71 71 64 69 81 83 87 85 83
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............81 78 76 72 71 70 69 68 67 67 66 66
RH..............51 58 62 73 76 76 78 81 84 81 84 84
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.12 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 10
Eye lvl wnd dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E E E NE E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 6 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 9
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
showers in the morning. Showers likely and
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 18 mph increasing to 18 to 20
mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........84 80 78 75 70 73 78 82 84 87 89 85
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............65 65 66 69 73 75 76 78 79 80 80 79
RH..............87 87 87 84 76 74 71 67 67 67 69 72
20 FT wind dir..E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.10 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 20
Eye lvl wnd dir.E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.4
Transp wind dir.E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.10 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 20 20 18
$$
Forecaster...LOCKWOOD
Requested by...Danielle Spendlove
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/11/24
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