Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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Spot Forecast for CAL C-112, 113...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
558 AM CST Mon Feb 10 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on February 10.
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 patchy fog have transitioned low broken to overcast
clouds. Winds will remain out of the northeast today with gusts
not expected to be frequent. These winds will gradually ease
becoming light during the overnight hours into Tuesday while
gaining SE`ly components into the mid morning hours prior to
picking up in the afternoon. RH behind the intial cold front is
not expected to drop significantly, allowing patchy fog to be
possible Monday night. However, this window would generally be
limited before sunrise Tuesday with winds expected to mix sfc
moisture into low cloud cover.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph decreasing to
                    around 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph in the late
                    morning and early afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 13 mph.
Mixing height (m)...366-640 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 3 to 6 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........85  81  82  82  85  75  70  64  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............52  55  58  61  63  64  64  66  64
RH..............74  69  62  58  56  54  56  54  56
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.14  14  13  12  12  10  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   7   7   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.8
Mix hgt (km)....0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.13  10  9   8   7   7   6   7   7
Trans wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E
Trans spd (m/s).6   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast 7 to
                    8 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height (m)...122-183 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast 3 to 4 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........59  59  60  53  51  64  80  86  86  90  95  93
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............62  60  57  57  56  56  56  55  56  56  56  58
RH..............62  69  77  77  80  80  83  86  86  90  96  93
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.12  12  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   9   10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8   7   8
Trans wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   4

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning. Chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning, then rain showers
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 3 mph shifting to the up to
                    6 mph with gusts to around 13 mph in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 8 mph
                    with gusts to around 21 mph in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph.
Mixing height (m)...152-762 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 8 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89  90  76  85  77  75  85  84  84  83  85  88
Weather cov.....CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............59  60  61  64  67  70  73  74  75  76  73  71
RH..............96  96  97  93  87  78  71  69  66  64  68  74
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  15  16  17  18  20  20  21  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   2   3   4   4   5   5   6   6   6   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   8   8   9   10  10  11  12  12  13  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.3
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  S   SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  12  14  16  18  18  16  14  13  12
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  S   SE
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   4   5   6   7   8   8   7   6   6   5

$$
Forecaster...KOWALSKI
Requested by...Brian Gidcumb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502613.0/LCH
.DELDT 02/10/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov