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Spot Forecast for CAL C-7...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
343 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on February 28.
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...

Drier air will continue through the weekend with cool nights and
mild afternoons. South to southeast winds along with increasing humidity
return for Sunday through Mardi Gras. High chances of showers and
thunderstorms return for Mardi Gras, with a few severe
thunderstorms possible north of U.S. 190.

Fog will be patchy the morning Saturday morning with denser fog near
the coast.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...152-1463 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 1 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   11  9   4   16  23  24  38
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  62  66  70  72  73  73  72  71
RH..............64  50  40  32  30  28  29  31  35
20 FT wind dir..N   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..0   1   2   2   2   3   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.3   6   7   9   9   9   9   8   7
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.0   1   1   1   1   2   2   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.2   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.2
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   SW
Trans spd (m/s).1   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...91-122 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 4 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  38  35  27  25  23  31  23  5   4   5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............67  61  58  56  55  54  53  53  52  51  51  50
RH..............43  53  60  66  69  69  74  69  71  74  74  77
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   8   8
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Trans wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height (m)...91-1402 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.West around 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    north 4 to 5 meters/second in the late morning
                    and afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   5   0   4   4   9   5   6   6   7   6   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49  51  54  60  65  69  73  74  75  76  74  71
RH..............83  77  77  69  58  49  43  40  37  34  37  40
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   8   9   9   10  10  9   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   5   5   5   5   6   6   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.6
Trans wind dir..W   W   W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...SLAUGHTER
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2504319.0/LCH
.DELDT 02/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov