Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
095
FNUS74 KLCH 051233
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for CAL C-17...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
633 AM CST Wed Feb 5 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CST on February 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...
Areas of fog will remain in place through mid to late morning
today, and more fog is anticipated tonight. Rain chances are low
but not zero.
Otherwise, high pressure over the Eastern Gulf will keep
southerly winds and warmer than normal temperatures across the
region for the remainder of the week.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 4 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.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-1158 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........78 74 78 56 66 56 63 51 44 30 39
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............64 65 68 71 74 77 78 79 79 80 78
RH..............100 100 90 84 74 67 62 58 58 56 60
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.10 10 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.2 2.0 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.3 1.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.7 8 12 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 13
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).3 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Patchy fog
overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 15 mph.
Mixing height (m)...122-335 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 7 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34 36 27 32 34 59 77 84 87 94 94 88
Weather cov..... PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............75 73 70 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 66 66
RH..............66 73 81 87 90 90 93 93 93 93 97 93
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.16 16 17 17 17 18 17 18 18 18 17 16
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.12 12 13 14 13 13 13 14 15 13 13 14
Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
early in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 16 mph.
Mixing height (m)...305-1097 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 4 to 7 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........83 91 77 83 69 54 39 35 31 27 21 16
Weather cov..... PTY PTY
Weather type.... FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............65 66 66 69 72 75 77 78 79 80 78 77
RH..............100 97 100 90 81 71 64 62 58 56 60 62
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 6
20 FT wind gust.15 16 17 17 18 18 20 20 18 18 17 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.2 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.6 2.5 1.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.5
Transp wind dir.S SW SW S SW SW S S SW SW SW S
Transp wind spd.13 13 13 14 16 16 15 15 15 15 13 10
Trans wind dir..S SW SW S SW SW S S SW SW SW S
Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 4
$$
Forecaster...TINGLER
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502314.0/LCH
.DELDT 02/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov