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Spot Forecast for CAL C-371...US FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
551 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 10.
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...

The cold front will continue to move through the area this
morning. Winds will be out of the north with cooler and
drier air filling into the region. This will be short lived
as southerly flow, moist air, and precip will return Sunday.

The chance of looks low for Saturday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 6 to 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 18 mph.
Mixing height (m)...579-1311 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 7 to 8 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  34  26  32  31  34  28  34  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............72  76  78  81  82  84  84  85  83
RH..............79  66  58  53  49  44  44  41  44
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.21  20  18  17  17  17  16  17  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  12  11  10  10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.3 2.6 3.2 3.4 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.17  18  17  16  17  16  15  16  16
Trans wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Trans spd (m/s).8   8   8   7   8   7   7   7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 15 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-671 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 4 to 7 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........31  49  43  29  26  33  48  51  55  58  65  58
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............83  81  76  73  72  69  68  68  67  65  64  63
RH..............44  47  58  62  64  68  70  70  70  75  75  78
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.16  16  14  12  12  13  13  14  14  14  14  13
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  8   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.15  13  10  9   10  9   9   10  12  10  9   10
Trans wind dir..N   N   N   N   NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Trans spd (m/s).7   6   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   4   4   4

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 16 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-1250 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 3 to 7 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  37  34  26  21  35  31  39  42  58  50  53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  62  65  68  72  75  77  79  80  81  81  80
RH..............75  81  73  70  59  52  47  42  41  39  39  42
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  14  14  14  14  14  13  12  10  10  9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   6   6   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 2.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  E   NE  E   E   NE  NE  E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  9   13  15  16  14  12  9   8   7   7   7
Trans wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   NE  E   E   NE  NE  E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   6   7   7   6   5   4   4   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...BRAZZELL
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413649.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/10/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov