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FNUS74 KLCH 071248
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Spot Forecast for CAL C-58N...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
648 AM CST Fri Feb 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CST on February 07.
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...

High pressure will continue to extend into the gulf from the
Atlantic through Saturday. Warm and humid conditions will remain
in place with areas of fog this morning and again Saturday
morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Patchy dense fog
                    early in the morning, then areas of dense fog
                    early in the morning. Patchy dense fog late in
                    the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph increasing to around 4
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 6 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height (m)...213-1097 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 3 to 5 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  77  77  67  68  47  58  47  51  33  50
Weather cov.....PTY ARS PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............64  65  68  71  74  76  78  78  79  79  77
RH..............100 100 90  81  71  66  62  60  56  56  60
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  13  14  15  15  15  15  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.1 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.1 2.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.7   9   9   10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Patchy fog in
                    the late evening and overnight. Patchy fog
                    early in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late
                    in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 17 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-427 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 8 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28  27  17  32  38  54  65  84  90  92  92  92
Weather cov.....                PTY PTY PTY PTY             PTY
Weather type....                FOG FOG FOG FOG             FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............75  73  70  68  67  67  66  66  66  66  66  65
RH..............64  71  78  84  87  87  90  93  93  93  97  100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.15  16  17  18  18  20  20  20  20  20  20  18
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   10  10  11  11  12  12  12  12  12  12  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  14  14  13  14  15  16  17  16  17  16
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   7   8   7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 23 mph.
Mixing height (m)...244-945 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 7 to 10 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92  92  78  88  79  75  61  55  48  42  38  34
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............66  66  66  69  71  75  77  78  79  80  79  77
RH..............97  97  100 93  87  74  67  64  60  58  60  64
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.18  20  21  22  22  23  23  23  22  22  22  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  12  13  13  13  14  14  14  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.8 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.5 1.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.16  15  16  18  20  21  22  23  23  22  20  17
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Trans spd (m/s).7   7   7   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  9   8

$$
Forecaster...TINGLER
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502502.0/LCH
.DELDT 02/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov