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FNUS74 KLCH 191843
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR PITCHERPLANTWF 205...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
143 PM CDT SUN OCT 19 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1400 CDT ON OCTOBER 19.
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
ELEVATED WINDS AND DRIER AIR HAVE PRODUCED CONDITIONS THAT ARE
NEAR BUT BELOW FIRE DANGER STATEMENT CRITERIA. NEVERTHELESS,
PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID INADVERTENTLY CAUSING
WILDFIRES.
THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD LATE THIS EVENING, THEN OFF
TO THE EAST ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING ABOUT RETURN FLOW OFF THE
GULF AND MOISTURE WILL FLOOD BACK NORTH BY TUESDAY MORNING AHEAD
OF THE NEXT FRONTAL PASSAGE.
THE REQUESTED HYSPLIT IS LOCATED AT THIS LINK:
HTTPS://WWW.HYSPLIT-PUB.NOAA.GOV/HYSPLITPUBLIC-BIN/HYRESULTS.PL?JOBIDNO=26880
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...945-1036 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 6 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 4 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............80 81 80 80
RH..............36 33 31 33
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 15 14
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 4
EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 3.4 3.3 3.1
MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 14 14
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 6 6
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 4 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-549 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8 TO
9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............77 71 68 64 62 61 59 58 56 55 54 53
RH..............36 46 53 60 62 65 69 69 72 74 74 77
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..6 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 12 10 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.7 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 8
TRANS WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 4 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE AROUND 4 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1250 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 0 1 1 1 4 5 3 3 3 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............53 52 52 59 66 73 77 80 83 84 85 84
RH..............77 77 77 67 56 44 39 36 37 37 39 43
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 16 17 17 18
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.1 1.7 2.3 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.6
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 9 13 10 10 10 12 13 15 16 16
TRANS WIND DIR..E E E SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 6 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 7
FORECASTER...STIGGER
REQUESTED BY...RODNEY MONK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2523904.0/LCH
.DELDT 10/19/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RODNEY_MONK@NPS.GOV
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