Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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FNUS74 KLCH 091913
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for C-130,129,131...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
113 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CST on December 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...
Light southerly winds to return this evening, at times variable and
calm, along with some shallow Gulf moisture. Minimum afternoon
relative humidity will be near 60 percent on Wednesday. A weak cold
front will introduce lower afternoon RH Thursday, ranging as low as
40 - 50%. By the end of the work week southerly flow returns with
Gulf moisture. Despite the increase in moisture, no significant
rain is expected over the next several days. There will be a
chance for some patchy shallow fog during the late night and early
morning hours.
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds early in the morning becoming west
up to 4 mph, then shifting to the northwest
around 3 mph late in the afternoon becoming
light.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds early in the morning becoming west
5 to 6 mph, then shifting to the northwest
around 5 mph late in the afternoon becoming
light.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest 9
to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-945 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 5 meters/second shifting to
the northwest 4 to 7 meters/second in the
afternoon.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........39 39 36 44 23 24 24 14 15 21 10 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............42 43 46 50 57 61 65 66 66 67 65 63
RH..............100 100 100 100 83 72 65 58 56 54 56 60
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 3 2
20 FT wind gust.8 9 10 12 13 14 15 14 14 13 12 10
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 6 7 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.1 1.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W W W W W W W NW NW
Transp wind spd.12 10 12 14 15 16 16 15 14 12 10 9
Trans wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W W W W NW NW
Trans spd (m/s).5 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 4 4
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 9 mph shifting to the northeast 7
to 8 mph overnight.
Mixing height (m)...30-152 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.North 3 to 4 meters/second.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3 1 2 2 5 7 10 11 13 14 15 15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58 53 50 49 47 46 45 44 42 41 40 38
RH..............69 80 86 86 86 86 82 82 86 86 85 89
20 FT wind dir..NW NW N N N N N N N N NE NE
20 FT wind spd..2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW N N N N N N N N NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.NW NW N N N N N N N N NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7
Trans wind dir..NW NW N N N N N N N N NE NE
Trans spd (m/s).4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south 6 to
8 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height (m)...122-823 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Northeast around 3 meters/second shifting to
the south 3 to 4 meters/second late in the
morning.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16 16 15 15 11 8 4 4 5 5 5 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............38 40 42 46 51 56 60 62 63 63 61 58
RH..............89 85 82 73 61 53 46 43 43 43 48 55
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E SE S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE E E E SE S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.1
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.3
Transp wind dir.NE NE E E E S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8
Trans wind dir..NE NE E E E S S S S S S S
Trans spd (m/s).3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
$$
Forecaster...KOWALSKI
Requested by...Jason French
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527296.0/LCH
.DELDT 12/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joshua.bryant@usda.gov,steven.staples@usda.gov,jason.french@usda.gov,andrew.walters2@usda.gov