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Spot Forecast for LDAF night ops...LDAF
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
403 PM CDT Tue May 7 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 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...

We are unable to issued spot weather forecasts for Thursday night
at this time. Please submit another request tomorrow afternoon.

Very warm and muggy conditions will continue into Thursday with
a southerly flow off the Gulf of Mexico. A surface front will
move into the region late Thursday that will produce a chance
for showers or thunderstorms. Northerly winds with cooler and
drier conditions can then be expected for the weekend.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........56-66 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 21 mph increasing to 22 to 25 mph
                    late in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  86  82  88  79  73  64  61  50  43  39  43
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74  73  74  75  79  81  84  87  88  89  90  88
RH..............93  97  97  97  85  79  72  63  61  57  56  57
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   10  10  12  12  13  13  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.17  18  21  21  22  22  23  23  24  24  25  23
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   6   8   8   8   8   9   9   10  10  9
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  11  13  13  13  13  14  14  14  14  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.3 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  14  15  17  21  22  23  23  24  25  25  23

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
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. Gusts up to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 21 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 10 mph early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........37     57     57     63     70     73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............88     82     79     77     76     75
RH..............57     69     79     87     91     94
20 ft wind......S 13   S 12   S 12   S 12   S 9    S 8
20 ft wind gust.24     22     22     21     18     16
Eye level wind..S 9    S 8    S 8    S 8    S 7    S 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.14     13     13     13     11     10
Mix hgt (ft)....2900   500    500    600    700    800
Transport wind..S 21   S 17   S 16   S 16   S 14   SW 13

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent) with isolated
                    showers and storms during the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........55-65 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 15 mph. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........72     71     70     66     58     46
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                            S CHC  S CHC
Temp............74     76     81     86     89     91
RH..............98     95     82     68     61     56
20 ft wind......S 7    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 6    S 7
20 ft wind gust.13     10     10     10     10     12
Eye level wind..S 5    S 4    S 4    S 4    S 4    S 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.8      6      6      6      6      7
Mix hgt (ft)....900    1400   2200   3100   3900   4400
Transport wind..S 9    S 6    S 6    S 8    S 10   S 12

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
North winds around 7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds
around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...MICHAEL
Requested by...Robert Harris
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413359.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/07/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rkharris@ldaf.state.la.us