456
FNUS74 KLCH 131030
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR LCR UNIT B...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
530 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 CDT ON MARCH 13.
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
LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS TODAY, AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXITS OFF
TO THE EAST. ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND, ALLOWING
MOISTURE TO SLOWLY POOL OVERHEAD AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT
WILL SWEEP THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW
AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS THAT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS ON MONDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 9
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-975 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.EAST AROUND 3 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND IN THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............45 45 46 51 57 62 65 68 69 70 71 70
RH..............89 86 86 80 69 62 56 53 53 51 49 53
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 6 7 8 10 12 12 12 12 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E SE S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.3 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 8
TRANS WIND DIR..E E E SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-610 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 3 17 19
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............69 67 63 61 60 59 59 58 58 58 56 57
RH..............53 59 70 78 81 83 83 87 90 87 96 93
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 7 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-1372 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 3 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 52 67 58 48 44 41 37 32 28 23 21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 58 59 62 66 69 71 73 74 75 75 74
RH..............90 93 87 81 75 68 64 59 57 54 54 55
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 9 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.9 2.0 3.3 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.5
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S SE S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 8 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 14
TRANS WIND DIR..SE S SE S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
FORECASTER...KOWALSKI
REQUESTED BY...LUCAS DOUCET
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605604.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMI_GRAY@FWS.GOV,LUCAS_DOUCET@FWS.GOV
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