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Spot Forecast for ANF Black Branch Comp. 84...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
457 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 CDT on April 16.
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...
Warm, humid, and breezy conditions are expected today
as a storm system moves through the Plains. Winds will
ease on Wednesday as this system lifts out toward the
Great Lakes, with warm and humid conditions persisting
into the weekend. Fog potential for tonight / tomorrow
morning is low.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 14 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 17 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South around 8 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      5AM
Sky (%).........88
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............68
RH..............97
20 FT wind dir..S
20 FT wind spd..14
20 FT wind gust.26
Eye lvl wnd dir.S
Eye lvl wnd spd.10
Eye lvl wnd gst.16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.2
Transp wind dir.S
Transp wind spd.17
Trans wind dir..S
Trans spd (m/s).8

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 8 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 24 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-1097 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 7 to 11 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  89  80  77  82  76  69  57  62  57  66  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............68  68  68  69  73  76  77  81  83  83  85  82
RH..............97  97  100 100 93  85  82  69  65  63  57  61
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  10  12  12  12  12  13  13  13  14
20 FT wind gust.22  22  20  18  20  21  22  21  22  24  23  24
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   10
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  13  12  11  12  13  13  13  13  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 2.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.18  17  16  16  16  18  21  23  24  22  22  22
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).8   8   7   7   7   8   9   10  11  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 69.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 20 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-671 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 9 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60  71  67  69  73  80  89  92  93  92  94  94
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............81  79  74  73  72  71  71  71  71  71  70  70
RH..............63  67  82  87  90  97  97  97  97  97  100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..14  13  12  14  13  12  10  9   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.25  23  22  24  22  22  20  17  15  14  14  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.10  9   8   10  9   8   8   7   6   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.15  14  13  14  13  13  12  10  9   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7
Mix hgt (km)....0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.20  18  20  18  17  16  15  13  12  12  12  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).9   8   9   8   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   5

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Mixing height (m)...213-1189 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 7 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  94  88  73  87  85  86  87  84  82  79  81
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70  69  69  71  75  78  80  83  84  85  86  84
RH..............100 100 100 100 90  82  77  67  63  61  57  61
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.12  12  10  10  12  12  13  13  14  15  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   7   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   9   10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 1.3 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  14  12  12  12  12  13  14  15  15
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   6   6   7   7

$$
Forecaster...STIGGER
Requested by...George Hruby
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411035.0/LCH
.DELDT 04/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL george.hruby@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
