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FNUS74 KLCH 021142
FWSLCH
SPOT FORECAST FOR CAL BU-124...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
542 AM CST MON FEB 2 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 02.
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
TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TODAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
BROUGHT THE COLD AIR OVER THE WEEKEND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST WITH
LIGHT SOUTH WINDS RETURNING.
THERE IS A 10 TO 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SEEING FOG ON TUESDAY MORNING.
AT THIS TIME, INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND WIND SPEEDS ABOVE THE SURFACE
ARE EXPECTED TO HINDER WIDESPREAD FOG DEVELOPMENT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 4 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...213-1158 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 2 2 3 10 20 21 19 33
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............42 50 55 60 63 64 65 63 62
RH..............82 68 61 55 50 50 48 54 58
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 13 14 14 14 13 13 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
EYE LVL WND GST.6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.5 1.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12
TRANS WIND DIR..SW W W W SW SW SW SW S
TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122-152 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........30 38 54 59 71 83 77 87 84 75 69 79
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............58 53 52 51 50 49 49 49 49 49 49 50
RH..............69 86 89 93 96 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 10 12
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).5 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 5
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 12 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...152-914 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 8 METERS/SECOND SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........77 68 70 71 71 71 71 75 80 84 85 85
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
TEMP............51 51 52 55 58 61 64 65 66 65 64 62
RH..............96 96 96 93 87 81 75 73 73 75 81 90
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 7 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 18 17 16 14
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 3
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 11 10 10 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.2 1.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 12 13 15 17 20 20 20 17 14 10
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 6 4
FORECASTER...RUA
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN GIDCUMB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601472.0/LCH
.DELDT 02/02/26
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