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Spot Forecast for CAL C-25...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
Issued by National Weather Service Brownsville TX
638 AM CDT Mon May 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 05.
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...
Surface high pressure ridging across the northern Gulf will keep
light to moderate east to southeast winds across the area. Very
warm and humid conditions will prevail as a result. There is a
slim chance for fog around the time of sunrise Wednesday morning.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east around 3 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph late in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming east around 5 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...335-1554 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 3 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   5   4   6   14  22  31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  70  73  75  78  78  79  80  79
RH..............71  53  44  43  38  38  37  37  39
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  9   9   9   10  10  9
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   6   5   5   5   6   6   5
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4
Trans wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the morning.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming east around 3 mph early in
                    the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph early in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning.
Mixing height (m)...122-884 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 3 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........41  45  54  46  60  51  63  57  60  63  68  55
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            RW
Tstm cov........                                            SCH
Temp............78  76  72  69  68  67  66  64  64  64  63  64
RH..............40  46  53  59  61  63  65  69  72  74  79  79
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   5
20 FT wind gust.9   10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  13  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8
Mix hgt (km)....0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Trans wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
                    then showers with thunderstorms likely in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 6 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-762 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 4 to 8 meters/second shifting to the
                    southeast 8 to 10 meters/second late in the
                    morning.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  74  82  84  89  76  83  89  88  88  87  87
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH             CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Temp............64  64  65  67  70  72  74  75  75  76  76  75
RH..............82  85  90  90  87  84  83  81  83  83  83  84
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   7   8   9   9   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.15  16  17  18  20  21  22  22  22  21  21  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   4   4   4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   10  10  11  12  13  13  13  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6
Trans wind dir..E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).4   5   6   6   8   9   10  10  10  9   9   8

$$
Forecaster...BROWNSVILLE/HK
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2512879.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov