204
FNUS74 KLCH 192107
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR 1AB...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
307 PM CST MON JAN 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CST ON JANUARY 20.
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
WINDS WILL TURN FROM LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST DURING THE MORNING
TO EAST SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AT AROUND 10 MPH AS HIGH PRESSURE
SLIDES EAST OF THE REGION. DEWPOINTS WILL CLIMB FROM THE LOWER 40S IN THE
MORNING TO NEAR 50 DURING THE AFTERNOON YIELDING MINIMUM RH VALUES BETWEEN
50-60%.
DUE TO THE TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF THE FORECAST MODEL, HYSPLIT IS NOT AVAILABLE
MORE THAN 12 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF BURN INITIATION. PLEASE RESUBMIT SPOT REQUEST
OR CONTACT OUR OFFICE TO RECEIVE HYSPLIT WITHIN 12 HOURS OF BURN INITIATION.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 TO 12 MPH.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........69 64 52 47 54 49 43 45 48 45 52
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............50 51 51 53 56 58 59 60 60 61 60
RH..............77 77 77 71 64 60 57 58 58 58 62
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.6 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 15 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........54 73 72 70 76 82 88 90 93 95 94 93
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............59 59 58 58 58 58 58 59 59 60 60 61
RH..............67 72 75 75 77 80 83 83 83 84 84 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 13
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........92 90 89 87 89 92 94 93 92 91 91 92
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............61 61 61 61 62 62 63 64 64 64 65 65
RH..............84 87 90 93 90 93 90 87 90 90 87 87
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 21 18 15
FORECASTER...JONES
REQUESTED BY...JON KING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600519.0/LCH
.DELDT 01/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMI_GRAY@FWS.GOV,JON_KING@FWS.GOV,ALLIE_MULLIGAN@FWS.GOV
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