156
FNUS74 KLCH 150018
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR SBR UNIT 7...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 PM CST WED JAN 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1900 CST ON JANUARY 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
A DRY COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION WITH GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED IN ITS WAKE. DRIER
AIR ADVECTING INTO THE REGION ON THESE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS
WILL DROP MINIMUM RH VALUES INTO THE 20-30% RANGE THURSDAY.
SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOME REESTABLISHED ON FRIDAY AS A SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION, WHICH WILL INCREASE
DEWPOINTS AND AFTERNOON RH'S. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING,
TURNING BREEZY WINDS BACK OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND ADVECTING
VERY DRY AIR BACK INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...244-488 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH 8 TO 11 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........5 3 4 5 5 8 9 9 7 5 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............59 58 56 55 53 51 50 49 47 46 43
RH..............53 53 55 55 57 54 56 56 56 56 60
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 10 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.23 23 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 18 17
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW N N N N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 22 24 25 23 22 22 22 21 20
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 9
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5
TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...335-945 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.NORTH AROUND 8 METERS/SECOND BECOMING NORTHWEST
2 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 5 7 0 1 2 3 3 2 3 4 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............42 42 41 44 47 49 52 53 54 56 55 54
RH..............62 60 65 55 49 44 38 36 34 30 31 34
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 2
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 14 13 12 12 12 10 9 8 7 5
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 1
EYE LVL WND GST.10 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.3 1.9 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.5 1.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 15 13 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 5
TRANS WIND DIR..N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANS SPD (M/S).8 7 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO 4 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-213 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........5 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 50 49 48 47 47 47 48 49 50 50 51
RH..............36 41 46 51 58 60 65 68 68 71 74 74
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 12
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW W SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9
TRANS WIND DIR..NW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...213-1250 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 6 7 8 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 54 56 59 62 64 66 68 68 68 66 64
RH..............74 74 74 72 67 63 58 55 55 55 58 63
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 16 16 14 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.7 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.8 4.1 3.9 2.9 1.7
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 16 15 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 6
FORECASTER...STIGGER
REQUESTED BY...LUCAS DOUCET
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600197.0/LCH
.DELDT 01/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMI_GRAY@FWS.GOV,LUCAS_DOUCET@FWS.GOV
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