Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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Spot Forecast for Unit 4A...USFWS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
704 AM CST Mon Jan 20 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on January 20.
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...
A much colder air mass will continue to move south today through
most of the upcoming week, with strong and gusty northerly winds
to continue. A surface low is expected to develop across the
Western Gulf of Mexico along the front today, and move east
tonight into Tuesday, allowing for stronger winds in that time
frame. This surface low will also generate widespread winter
precipitation, with 4 to 6+ inches of snow expected Tuesday along
the U.S. 190 and I-10 corridors of Louisiana and Southeast Texas.
A mixture of sleet and snow will be likely across the coastal
parishes and counties Tuesday. Hard freeze conditions are expected
Tuesday through Thursday mornings, with Wednesday morning lows
reaching 10 to 15 degrees across the area.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly
cloudy (80-90 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 40.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 17 to 21 mph.
Mixing height (m)...518-1006 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 8 to 9 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3 1 3 4 13 29 49 79 79 89
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............30 32 34 36 38 39 40 40 40 40
RH..............66 61 56 52 48 48 44 46 46 46
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
20 FT wind gust.22 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 23 23
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Eye lvl wnd gst.13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
Transp wind dir.NE NE E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.21 21 20 17 17 17 17 18 18 18
Trans wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E
Trans spd (m/s).9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of sprinkles
and slight chance of flurries in the evening,
then snow showers, sleet likely and chance of
rain showers overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 26.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 10 to 13 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 14 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 20 to 29 mph.
Mixing height (m)...610-762 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast 9 to 13 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........91 93 95 94 95 96
Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE NONE RNSN RNSN RNSHWR SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............39 38 37 35 32 29
RH..............48 50 52 56 66 81
20 ft wind......NE 14 NE 14 NE 14 NE 14 NE 16 NE 17
20 ft wind gust.22 24 24 24 25 28
Eye level wind..NE 10 NE 10 NE 10 NE 10 NE 12 NE 13
Eye lvl wnd gst.13 14 14 14 15 17
Mix hgt (ft)....2500 2100 2100 2100 2000 2100
Mix hgt (m).....760 640 640 640 610 640
Transport wind..NE 20 NE 21 NE 23 NE 23 NE 25 NE 26
Tran wind (m/s).NE 9 NE 9 NE 10 NE 10 NE 11 NE 12
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow showers in
the morning. Chance of snow showers in the
afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 32.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 10 to 14 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 14 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 22 to 30 mph shifting to the north 16
to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...366-732 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 7 to 13 meters/second shifting to the
northeast 10 to 13 meters/second in the late
morning and early afternoon, then shifting to
the north 7 to 9 meters/second late in the
afternoon.
TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........94 95 94 93 88 73
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............26 26 29 30 31 31
RH..............96 100 88 88 78 78
20 ft wind......N 18 N 18 N 18 N 17 N 16 N 14
20 ft wind gust.29 29 29 28 25 23
Eye level wind..N 13 N 13 N 13 N 13 N 12 N 10
Eye lvl wnd gst.17 17 17 17 15 14
Mix hgt (ft)....2100 2000 2200 2200 2300 1800
Mix hgt (m).....640 610 670 670 700 550
Transport wind..NE 28 NE 28 NE 29 N 24 N 22 N 17
Tran wind (m/s).NE 13 NE 13 NE 13 N 11 N 10 N 8
$$
Forecaster...LANDRENEAU
Requested by...Stephen LeJeune III
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500919.0/LCH
.DELDT 01/20/25
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.EMAIL stephen_lejeune@fws.gov