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FNUS74 KLCH 182159
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Spot Forecast for West Orange Release...Orange Fire Department
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
459 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 CDT on July 18.
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...
Generally quiet conditions can be expected for the next few hours
with light and variable winds. A few showers and storms will be
possible again by late this evening and overnight.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms likely.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph.

TIME (CDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........65
Weather cov.....LKY
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).70
Temp............88
RH..............70
Surface wnd dir.W
Surface wnd spd.2
Surface wnd gst.6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0
Transp wind dir.W
Transp wind spd.6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Thunderstorms
                    likely by late evening. Showers likely through
                    the night. Chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 75.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the evening, then becoming light overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 5 mph early in the evening, then
                    shifting to the southwest 3 to 7 mph early in
                    the evening shifting to the west around 7 mph
                    early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........59  49  52  52  64  63  62  65  69  65  59  61
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).60  50  30  30  30  30  30  30  40  50  60  60
Temp............87  85  82  80  80  79  78  78  77  77  76  77
RH..............70  75  82  91  88  91  94  94  97  94  97  90
Surface wnd dir.W   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.2   3   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Surface wnd gst.6   5   6   6   7   6   5   5   3   5   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   SE  S   S   S   S   S   SW  W   SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.7   5   7   6   5   5   5   5   5   3   6   7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the morning. Showers likely
                    through the day. Thunderstorms likely in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Surface winds (mph).West winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest early in the afternoon, then shifting
                    to the south 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest 6 to
                    9 mph early in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........56  64  54  54  56  47  41  40  44  39  50  42
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).60  60  60  50  50  50  40  50  50  50  60  60
Temp............76  75  77  78  81  83  85  86  87  87  88  87
RH..............97  97  94  94  88  80  77  72  70  68  68  70
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  S   S
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   3   5   5   6
Surface wnd gst.8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.4 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.7
Transp wind dir.W   NW  N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   7   6   7   6   6   7   8   9   9   9   8

$$
Forecaster...LOCKWOOD
Requested by...Orange Fire Department
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2418369.0/LCH
.DELDT 07/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL psmith@orangetexas.gov