Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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FNUS74 KLCH 241052
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for Bailey...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
552 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on May 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...
Onshore flow has become established and will continue
for the rest of the weekend. Precip chances will be
around 5 to 30 percent until unsettled weather returns
late Sunday into early Monday through the work week.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 92.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming south up to 5 mph
early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 8 mph
early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...183-1524 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 8 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........45 49 39 34 40 40
Weather cov.....PATCHY
Weather type....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............75 77 82 88 90 91
RH..............94 90 74 59 52 52
20 ft wind......S 5 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 8
20 ft wind gust.14 14 15 16 17 17
Eye level wind..S 3 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 5 S 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1600 2900 4100 4900 4700
Mix hgt (m).....180 490 880 1250 1490 1430
Transport wind..S 12 S 14 S 16 S 17 S 15 S 14
Tran wind (m/s).S 5 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 7 S 6
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1036 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 7 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........34 18 14 29 39 48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............88 82 78 76 75 75
RH..............55 69 82 87 94 94
20 ft wind......S 8 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 3
20 ft wind gust.17 17 17 16 15 14
Eye level wind..S 5 S 4 S 4 S 4 S 3 S 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 10 10 9 8
Mix hgt (ft)....3400 500 500 700 700 700
Mix hgt (m).....1040 150 150 210 210 210
Transport wind..S 15 S 14 S 14 S 14 S 12 S 12
Tran wind (m/s).S 7 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 5
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph early in
the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...183-1433 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 8 meters/second.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........56 50 57 38 30 34
Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC
Temp............75 78 83 88 90 91
RH..............97 88 74 60 55 52
20 ft wind......S 3 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 9 S 9
20 ft wind gust.13 14 15 16 17 18
Eye level wind..S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 9 10 10 11
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1400 2700 3700 4600 4400
Mix hgt (m).....180 430 820 1130 1400 1340
Transport wind..S 10 S 13 S 15 S 16 S 17 S 17
Tran wind (m/s).S 4 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 8 S 8
$$
Forecaster...STIGGER
Requested by...Jason French
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2514608.0/LCH
.DELDT 05/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jason.frebch@usda.gov