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FNUS74 KLCH 041529
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Spot Forecast for KSF7...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1029 AM CDT Fri Oct 4 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0930 CDT on October 04.
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...
Increasing Gulf moisture will bring an increase in showers and a
few thunderstorms across the southern half of the area today, with
the highest rain chances over the Acadiana region. A few isolated
showers or storms will be possible again on Saturday before dry
weather returns on Sunday. A cold front is expected to move
through the region Monday, bringing cooler and drier air across
the region.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 3 mph increasing to east
                    around 4 mph in the late morning and afternoon,
                    then shifting to the around 3 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon, then becoming
                    light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........30  25  33  26  19  26  37  48  48  48  48  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70  71  71  73  78  81  83  85  86  87  88  86
RH..............100 97  100 97  88  77  72  67  65  61  59  63
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.10  10  12  13  13  13  14  14  14  13  13  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.8 3.5 4.3 4.6 4.9 5.1 3.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.8   8   9   10  12  12  10  9   9   9   9   8

$$
Forecaster...TINGLER
Requested by...Jordan Herrin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2423518.1/LCH
.DELDT 10/04/24
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.EMAIL jherrin@tfs.tamu.edu