FNUS74 KLCH 240657 FWSLCH Spot Forecast for CAL C-82...US Forest Service National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 157 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 24. 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... Dry weather with a warming trend expected for the rest of the work week. SFC winds remains onshore through the rest of the week, becoming quite gusty late this week into the weekend. Min RH will remain the the 50-60% range the rest of the week. Fog will be a concern on Thursday morning, April 24th, as winds will be light enough to allow for some shallow fog formation. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........53 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 3 mph late in the morning. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height (m)...274-1097 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.North around 1 meters/second shifting to the west late in the morning, then shifting to the northwest around 2 meters/second early in the afternoon shifting to the east early in the afternoon shifting to the southeast 2 to 3 meters/second. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........57 57 57 57 57 57 57 27 30 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............66 70 73 76 77 80 80 80 81 RH..............81 76 68 62 60 54 54 54 53 20 FT wind dir..N N S SW S SE S S SE 20 FT wind spd..0 0 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT wind gust.5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 Eye lvl wnd dir.N N S SW S SE S S SE Eye lvl wnd spd.0 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 Eye lvl wnd gst.3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 Trans wind dir..N N SW W NW E SE SE SE Trans spd (m/s).1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Min temperature.....Around 62. Max humidity........100 percent. Eye level winds.....East winds around 3 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming southeast around 3 mph late in the evening increasing to around 4 mph becoming light late in the evening becoming south around 4 mph shifting to the southwest around 3 mph overnight becoming light. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph late in the evening, then becoming light late in the evening becoming south around 5 mph overnight becoming light. Mixing height (m)...122-884 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.Southeast 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the southwest late in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........13 7 11 28 29 19 21 18 19 26 21 29 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............80 79 76 72 70 68 67 66 65 65 63 63 RH..............54 58 64 73 76 81 84 87 90 90 97 97 20 FT wind dir..E N N SE SE N N S SW SW N N 20 FT wind spd..3 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 Eye lvl wnd dir.E N N SE SE N N S SW SW N N Eye lvl wnd spd.3 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Trans wind dir..SE SE SE E SE SW SW S S S S SW Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Patchy fog early in the morning. Max temperature.....Around 85. Min humidity........46 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height (m)...152-1524 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.North 3 to 4 meters/second shifting to the northeast around 4 meters/second early in the morning, then shifting to the south 4 to 7 meters/second in the late morning and afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........30 57 57 30 57 19 24 29 30 31 32 33 Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY Weather type....FOG FOG FOG Tstm cov........ Temp............62 62 64 68 73 77 M 82 M M 85 M RH..............97 100 97 90 76 64 59 53 51 48 46 49 20 FT wind dir..N N N SE S SE S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N SE S SE S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.0 0 0 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.1 Trans wind dir..NW N NE SE S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...SLAUGHTER Requested by...Brian Gidcumb Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412088.0/LCH .DELDT 04/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov