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Spot Forecast for Eric Baka...LDWF
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
826 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on July 31.
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.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and humid conditions will continue through the
end of next week. Rain chances will increase Saturday night into
Sunday as an upper level trough and weak frontal boundary approach
the area. A brief period of northwesterly winds could develop
Sunday, but will quickly turn back out of the south Sunday night
into Monday. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms will develop each day
next week.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southwest up to 4 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  30  33  22  26  29  15  18  19  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............80  83  87  90  92  94  95  95  96  95
RH..............91  77  68  60  54  51  48  48  48  49
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   5
20 FT wind gust.12  10  10  10  10  9   10  10  10  10
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   6   6   6   6   5   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.7 2.2 3.1 4.5 5.7 7.3 5.4 6.7 5.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  9   9   8   8   9   9

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 3 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming southwest
                    up to 5 mph with gusts to around 12 mph early
                    in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming southwest
                    5 to 7 mph with gusts to around 20 mph early in
                    the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18  26  17  23  28  27  27  26  30  34  38  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............95  94  90  87  84  82  82  81  80  79  79  78
RH..............49  51  60  65  72  77  77  79  82  85  85  88
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  13  15  16  16  16  17  18  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   6   8   9   10  10  10  10  11  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   9   12  12  12  12  12  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...TINGLER
Requested by...Eric Baka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2618641.0/LCH
.DELDT 07/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ebaka@wlf.la.gov