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Spot Forecast for marsh bayou wma...LDWF
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
640 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on July 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...

Temperatures will range from the low to upper 90s trending
through the middle of next week with southerly winds being the
prevailing trend. Afternoon minRH drops 40-55% by Saturday and
this will likely be consistent over the next week. Fire weather
concerns are low at this time.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 3 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 6 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  21  11  4   30  36  9   23  37  28  10  23
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............76  76  78  83  86  88  89  90  91  92  92  93
RH..............90  94  91  82  72  68  64  60  56  54  54  52
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   8   10  10  9   10  10  10  12  12
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   1   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   5   6   6   5   6   6   6   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.9 2.1 3.1 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.7 4.4 3.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   10  12  10  9   9   9   9   9   9

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........38  47  19  17  18  30  44  46  40  45  40  47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............91  90  87  82  81  79  78  77  76  75  75  74
RH..............56  58  65  74  77  82  85  88  90  94  94  93
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.12  10  9   9   9   8   7   7   7   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  N   N   N   N
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   6   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   3
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   9   10  9   8   8   7   7   7   6

$$
Forecaster...TINGLER
Requested by...Eric Baka
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617943.2/LCH
.DELDT 07/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ebaka@wlf.la.gov