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Spot Forecast for CAT 98 #2...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
310 AM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on July 09.
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...

Scattered diurnal thunderstorms can  be anticipated each day through
the rest of the week and into the weekend. Moisture levels will
remain typically high and temperatures will remain in line with
climate averages through Sunday.

Southerly low level flow to continue through the end of the week.
This will allow a moist air mass to persist with minimum afternoon
relative humidity values above 60 percent. A relative weakness
aloft will keep a daily chance for showers and thunderstorms in
the forecast.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then
                    showers and thunderstorms likely in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west up to 4 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming west 5 to 6 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 13 mph becoming around 9 mph late in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........31  19  13  9   15  26  36  43  37  61  62  57
Weather cov.....                    SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC
Temp............73  73  77  81  84  87  87  88  89  87  86  87
RH..............97  97  88  79  72  63  65  61  59  63  65  63
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.8   9   9   10  10  10  12  12  10  10  12  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.2 2.0 2.8 3.9 4.6 5.2 5.0 3.7 1.9 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   7   9   12  13  12  10  10  12  12  9   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 4 mph becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph becoming light.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........44  36  36  37  39  34  31  22  37  27  18  29
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH
Temp............85  84  81  78  77  76  75  75  75  74  74  73
RH..............67  70  79  85  88  90  94  94  94  97  97  97
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  W   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   9   7   7   9   9   9   9   9   10  9   9

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
                    and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southwest up to 4 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 6
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and early afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........30  30  43  38  33  40  47  54  55  57  58  57
Weather cov.....    CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
Temp............73  73  76  80  84  87  88  89  90  89  89  89
RH..............97  100 97  85  74  68  63  61  58  57  57  57
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.2 2.1 2.9 3.9 4.8 5.1 4.4 3.2 2.0 1.6
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   10  12  12  10  10  10  12  12  12

$$
Forecaster...SLAUGHTER
Requested by...Catahoula
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2517598.0/LCH
.DELDT 07/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL robert.dintaman@usda.gov