395
FNUS74 KLCH 131857
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR CAL BU-252...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
157 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 14.
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
DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY AS SUBSIDENCE
ALOFT BUILDS. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE
INTO THE 40 - 60% RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. BREEZES
MAY BE CALM OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT TIMES. SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOME
ESTABLISHED BY FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD, LIKELY
OFFERING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN AFTERNOON MINRH THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
OTHERWISE, A NEARLY RAIN FREE FORECAST SHALL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO
5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-1524 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST AROUND 3 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO 1 TO
3 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 1 TO 2 METERS/SECOND
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 1 3 8 10 16 24 28 20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............71 78 81 84 86 88 88 88 89
RH..............70 56 50 46 43 40 40 40 41
20 FT WIND DIR..N E E E E SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
EYE LVL WND DIR.N E E E E SE S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.9 3.1 3.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.0
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E SW W SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 5 3 3 5 3 3 5
TRANS WIND DIR..E E E E SW W SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1341 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 1 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........25 16 25 30 28 12 16 19 2 4 20 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............88 85 82 77 74 73 72 70 70 69 68 68
RH..............44 51 56 63 66 68 70 72 75 76 80 83
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 8 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
MIX HGT (KM)....1.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW S SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 7 9
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW S SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 7 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 17 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1646 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 8 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........11 14 0 10 20 23 27 30 31 32 33 36
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............68 67 70 74 79 82 85 86 88 89 88 87
RH..............86 90 87 79 68 61 55 51 46 44 43 43
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 21 21 21
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.3 3.9 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.2 4.0
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 14 15 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 16
TRANS WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 3 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 7
FORECASTER...STIGGER
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN GIDCUMB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613573.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BRIAN.GIDCUMB@USDA.GOV
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