573
FNUS74 KLCH 191103
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR C 14/78...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
503 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 CST ON DECEMBER 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
COOL, DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TODAY ON WINDS
WHICH WILL VARY BETWEEN NORTH NORTHWEST AND NORTH NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH OR LESS.
SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR THROUGH THE MORNING.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-762 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 2 TO 4 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST AROUND 3 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........44 43 37 43 42 39 29 17 11 5 0 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............43 42 44 47 50 53 57 58 60 61 60 57
RH..............100 100 96 89 80 71 62 60 55 53 5ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT REINFORCING THE COOL DRY CONDITIONS
AND NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOUTHERLY WINDS AND A GRADUAL
WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.5 62
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1
EYE LVL WND GST.7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.1
TRANS WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE N N N N N NW NW N
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHWEST 1 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 3 1 1 5 7 8 14 20 19 28 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............53 49 46 46 45 44 43 42 42 41 41 41
RH..............74 86 93 93 96 96 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.5 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 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 NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).2 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH INCREASING TO
NORTH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-1036 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 4 TO 8 METERS/SECOND INCREASING TO 6 TO 9
METERS/SECOND IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 19 6 12 8 12 11 10 8 7 5 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............41 40 42 49 53 58 60 60 60 60 56 53
RH..............100 100 100 80 66 53 46 44 41 39 44 51
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 6
20 FT WIND GUST.9 12 13 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 17 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 4
EYE LVL WND GST.5 7 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 10
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.4
TRANS WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N N N N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 9 8 7 6
FORECASTER...JONES
REQUESTED BY...JASON FRENCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 12/19/24
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.EMAIL BLAKE.CREAGAN@USDA.GOV,JASON.FRENCH@USDA.GOV,DUSITN.DILL@USDA.GOV
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