Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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Spot Forecast for CAL C-373...US FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
717 AM CST Sat Jan 25 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on January 25.
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 and RH values will begin to moderate today. Rain
chances are expected to return late tonight into early Sunday
morning. Rainfall amounts could range from 0.50 to 2 inches
near the burn site.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 14 mph.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9 14 20 9 21 34 35 45 73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............40 46 52 55 57 58 59 59 57
RH..............59 45 38 35 36 38 41 43 48
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 5
20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 13 12 12 14 13 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.4 0.8
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.13 14 14 14 13 13 13 14 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 4 mph decreasing to
around 3 mph late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 13 mph.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........68 77 78 82 84 93 92 91 93 93 88 91
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............54 53 51 51 49 49 49 48 49 49 49 49
RH..............56 60 66 66 72 75 81 82 82 84 87 89
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.15 16 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE S S S S S S S S S SE
Transp wind spd.12 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 9
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain showers
likely in the morning, then chance of
thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Rain
showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 3 mph increasing to around 4
mph early in the afternoon, then decreasing to
around 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph early in
the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 14 mph.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89 90 84 83 74 80 85 88 90 93 93 92
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Temp............49 49 49 52 55 57 59 59 60 61 60 60
RH..............93 93 100 93 86 84 82 80 81 79 83 84
20 FT wind dir..SE E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 8 8
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE E E E E E E E E E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.9 9 8 9 13 14 14 14 13 12 10 8
$$
Forecaster...CRAMER
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501251.0/LCH
.DELDT 01/25/25
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.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov