Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
388
FNUS74 KLCH 261132
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for CAL C-12...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
632 AM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on September 26.
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...
Northerly winds will increase by mid morning through early
evening in the wake of last night`s frontal passage and the
proximity of Hurricane Helene over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Drier air filtering into the region in the wake of the front
will maintain dewpoints in the lower 60s with min RH values
this afternoon falling into the 40-45% range. Fog is not
expected Friday morning.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 5 to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 10 mph.
Mixing height (m)...366-1920 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 6 to 10 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............69 74 77 78 80 81 81 82 81
RH..............84 71 64 60 52 51 49 46 47
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 9
20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 20 21 22 22 23 21
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 7
Eye lvl wnd gst.12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 13
Mix hgt (km)....0.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.5
Trans wind dir..N N N N N N N N N
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 9
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 6 mph shifting to the west
late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height (m)...91-457 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 3 to 7 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0 1 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 2 3 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............80 76 72 69 67 67 66 65 64 63 63 62
RH..............49 58 66 73 75 75 78 78 81 81 81 84
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW W W
20 FT wind spd..8 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.20 16 16 16 15 14 14 12 13 14 14 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.6 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.12 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Trans wind dir..N N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW
Trans spd (m/s).7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-1859 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.West 4 to 7 meters/second shifting to the
northwest 7 to 9 meters/second in the late
morning and afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 3 0 2 4 4 6 8 9 11 12 14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............62 62 64 68 73 77 79 81 82 82 83 81
RH..............81 81 84 76 64 54 50 46 45 45 44 47
20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.14 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 20 20 20 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 10
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.3
Trans wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW W W W W W
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 5 7 9 9 9 8 8 9 8 7
$$
Forecaster...JONES
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/26/24
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.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov