Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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986 FNUS74 KLCH 080949 FWSLCH 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 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov