Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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FNUS74 KLCH 121144
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for SBR unit 5...USfws
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
644 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on March 12.
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 disturbance will move east out of the Rockies today, helping
increase southerly winds across the area. This disturbance will
also bring a small chance for showers and thunderstorms tonight
across interior southeast Texas and central Louisiana. The next
significant rain event will occur late Friday into Saturday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 22 mph shifting to the south 22
to 23 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-1036 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 10 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26 17 12 33 41 36 34 39 34 39 38
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............59 60 62 66 68 71 72 72 72 73 72
RH..............96 93 97 90 84 79 73 73 73 71 76
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 5 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 10 10
20 FT wind gust.12 13 15 16 18 20 21 21 21 21 21
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.8 1.9 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW S S S S S
Transp wind spd.13 13 16 20 22 22 22 23 23 22 23
Trans wind dir..S S S SW SW SW S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Patchy fog
overnight. Areas of fog after 3 am.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 22 mph.
Mixing height (m)...213-762 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 7 to 10 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........48 50 62 67 67 72 82 86 91 88 79 79
Weather cov..... PTY ARS ARS ARS
Weather type.... FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............71 69 67 66 66 66 65 65 66 65 65 65
RH..............79 81 84 90 90 90 93 93 90 93 97 93
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..9 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.20 18 17 17 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.12 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.22 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 16 17 17 18
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Trans spd (m/s).10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
sunny (10-20 percent). Widespread dense fog
early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 17 mph.
Mixing height (m)...213-518 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 4 to 8 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........74 76 59 57 51 34 21 8 11 15 18 19
Weather cov.....WID WID WID WID
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............65 64 64 65 67 70 74 77 78 79 80 77
RH..............93 97 97 97 90 81 70 58 54 52 49 53
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.17 16 14 14 14 13 12 12 10 9 9 9
Trans wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
Trans spd (m/s).8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4
$$
Forecaster...STIGGER
Requested by...Lucas Doucet
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2506116.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL lucas_doucet@fws.gov,sami_gray@fws.gov