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Spot Forecast for Willow Slough...USFWS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
530 AM CST Tue Mar 3 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CST on March 03.
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...

A humid onshore flow continues today and through the next several
days, allowing moisture to continue to pool across the region.
Afternoon RH values only fall into the low 60s to low 70s today
and tomorrow, as as result. Areas of fog will be possible again
tomorrow however, slightly elevated winds and increased cloud
cover should hold dense fog in check across much of the region.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 20 mph.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  85  61  68  67  72  61  50  52  47  59  63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............64  64  67  71  73  74  75  76  77  75  75  74
RH..............100 100 97  90  84  82  76  74  71  76  79  82
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   10  12  13  13  13  13  12  10
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  14  16  17  18  18  18  18  17  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   8   8   8   10  10  11  11  11  11  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  13  17  18  18  18  20  18  18  17  16  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........62  77  71  64  81  67  61  68  68  74  85  85
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70  69  67  68  68  68  67  67  67  67  66  66
RH..............93  97  100 97  97  97  100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.14  13  13  13  13  13  12  12  12  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  14  14  15  14  14  15  14  13  13  13  13

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 17 mph.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89  79  75  70  65  59  54  54  54  54  58  62
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............66  65  67  71  73  75  76  77  78  77  76  74
RH..............100 100 100 93  87  79  74  71  69  71  74  82
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   8   9   10  12  12  12  10  9
20 FT wind gust.9   10  10  12  13  15  16  17  17  17  16  14
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   7   6
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.10  13  15  16  16  15  15  16  16  17  17  16

$$
Forecaster...DENSON
Requested by...Stephen LeJeune III
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604585.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL stephen_lejeune@fws.gov