796
FNUS74 KLCH 102225
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT B EAST...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
525 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1800 CDT ON MARCH 10.
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
WARM, HUMID AND BREEZY TO GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A LONG GULF FETCH BEING DRIVEN BY NEARING
WEATHER SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT IN EAST TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE MORNING
TO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS,
SOME STRONG TO SEVERE, MOVES THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AND STRENGTHEN QUICKLY BEHIND THIS FRONT, USHERING SOUTHWARD A
MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS INTO THURSDAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES
WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 30S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AREA KBDI VALUES
HAVE IMPROVED TO THE 100 TO 250 RANGE ACROSS ALL AREAS THANKS TO
RECENT RAINFALL, SO THERE IS A LOWER RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD.
HOWEVER, IT IS ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS IF BURNING. WINDS FALL AND
TURN TO THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-701 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 7 TO 9 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID
SKY (%).........59 62 67 75 76 82 85 85 88 81 89 88
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............78 76 74 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 72 72
RH..............74 79 84 87 90 90 90 90 87 90 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SE S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 21 22 23 23 24 25 24 25 24 23
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S SE S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 14 15 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.6 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 17 17 17 17 18 20 20 20 17 15
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 7
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-1128 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 6 TO 10 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CDT) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P
SKY (%).........85 91 90 70 68 66 70 69 72 80 82 85
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH CHC CHC
TEMP............72 72 71 73 74 77 78 79 81 79 79 79
RH..............93 93 93 87 87 79 76 74 69 74 74 72
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 16 16 15
20 FT WIND GUST.23 21 23 23 24 25 26 28 29 28 28 26
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 9 10 11 11 12 11 11 10
EYE LVL WND GST.14 13 14 14 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.2 1.2 2.4 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 15 16 17 20 22 23 21 21 18 18
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 9 9 8 8
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
THROUGH THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 8 TO 14 MPH OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT, THEN INCREASING TO NORTH
24 TO 33 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-792 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH AROUND 8 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND IN THE EVENING,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 4 TO 8
METERS/SECOND OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO NORTH 11
TO 15 METERS/SECOND AFTER 3 AM.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID
SKY (%).........87 85 84 71 58 57 57 56 55 54 53 51
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
TEMP............76 75 73 72 71 70 69 68 66 63 61 59
RH..............79 82 87 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW W W NW NW N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..14 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 12 14 16 17
20 FT WIND GUST.24 23 21 20 20 20 18 18 21 24 26 29
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SW SW W W NW NW N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 10 11 13 14
EYE LVL WND GST.14 14 13 12 12 12 11 11 13 14 16 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.6
MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW W NW NW N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 13 13 12 10 10 12 17 24 30 33
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW W NW NW N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 8 11 13 15
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 26 TO 35 MPH DECREASING TO 21 TO 25
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...823-1067 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTHEAST 9 TO 16 METERS/SECOND DECREASING TO
AROUND 9 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P
SKY (%).........50 48 39 29 20 15 10 5 4 3 2 2
WEATHER COV.....CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............57 55 55 55 55 57 59 61 62 62 63 62
RH..............86 90 83 77 74 67 57 53 50 52 52 52
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..18 20 20 20 20 18 17 17 16 15 15 13
20 FT WIND GUST.31 32 33 33 32 31 29 28 26 25 24 21
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.14 15 15 14 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10
EYE LVL WND GST.19 19 20 20 19 19 17 17 16 15 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.0
MIX HGT (KM)....0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.35 35 35 33 32 31 29 28 26 25 24 21
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANS SPD (M/S).16 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 9
FORECASTER...KOWALSKI
REQUESTED BY...LUCAS DOUCET
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605383.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/10/26
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