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Spot Forecast for STARK WF...USWFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
316 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on September 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...

A moisture rich airmass and a nearby disturbance will bring
scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region today through the
weekend. Fire weather concerns look minimal through this period,
with rainfall expected to help improve drought conditions across
much of the area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.

TIME (CDT)      4 PM
Sky (%).........52
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC
Temp............89
RH..............66
20 ft wind......S 6
20 ft wind gust.9
Eye level wind..S 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5
Mix hgt (ft)....2500

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Max humidity........94 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 4 mph becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........51     31     27     8      17     30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............87     83     82     81     81     79
RH..............70     80     82     85     85     91
20 ft wind......S 6    S 3    S 3    S 2    SW 2   SW 2
20 ft wind gust.9      9      7      7      6      6
Eye level wind..S 4    S 2    S 2    S 1    SW 1   SW 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5      5      4      4      4      4
Mix hgt (ft)....1800   900    400    400    400    400

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of showers in the
                    morning. Chance of thunderstorms through the
                    day. Showers likely in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 5 mph late in
                    the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph late in
                    the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........24     35     40     37     59     67
Weather cov.....S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Temp............79     80     85     86     87     87
RH..............91     94     77     75     72     72
20 ft wind......W 1    N 1    N 3    S 6    S 6    S 8
20 ft wind gust.5      5      6      8      10     13
Eye level wind..W 1    N 1    N 2    S 4    S 4    S 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.3      3      4      5      6      8
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    2100   2700   2600   2500

$$
Forecaster...DENSON
Requested by...JON KING
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621599.0/LCH
.DELDT 09/10/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jon_king@fws.gov