Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
775
FNUS74 KLCH 211416
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for Rx Newton 0519...Texas A&M Forest Service
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
816 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on February 21.
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 relatively dry air mass will remain in place today, although
northeast winds are expected to lower. The air mass will begin
to modify as a high pressure system weakens, with temperatures
slightly warmer tonight. Moisture values will increase over
the weekend with a good chance for a soaking rain from late
Saturday afternoon, through Saturday night into Sunday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 42.
Min humidity........34 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.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 14 mph.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81 78 82 82 78 84 88 84 88
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............29 32 35 37 38 40 41 41 42
RH..............58 49 43 40 37 36 34 36 36
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 2
20 FT wind gust.15 15 14 13 12 12 12 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 2 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.2
Transp wind dir.E E E NE NE NE NE NE N
Transp wind spd.14 12 9 8 8 7 7 8 8
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 8 mph.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........89 86 86 89 91 93 89 88 92 91 96 90
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............41 39 38 38 37 37 36 36 36 35 36 36
RH..............41 46 50 50 54 54 56 56 59 61 61 61
20 FT wind dir..NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N
20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE N NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8
Transp wind dir.NE N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N
Transp wind spd.8 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 7
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 7 mph.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94 84 76 85 81 80 78 78 80 81 81 79
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............36 35 36 38 40 43 45 46 48 49 48 47
RH..............64 66 67 64 59 53 49 48 48 48 54 58
20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6
Eye lvl wnd dir.N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.8
Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
$$
Forecaster...TINGLER
Requested by...Lorenda Oleinik
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2503433.0/LCH
.DELDT 02/21/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Lorenda.Oleinik@tfs.tamu.edu