Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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FNUS74 KLCH 301217
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for Compartment 6 Islands...Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
617 AM CST Fri Jan 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on January 30.
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...
Brisk northerly winds will develop behind a departing cold front that
will bring much drier and colder air into the region. Due to the dry
air, no significant precipitation is expected. Also, due the drier air
mass and wind speeds, fog is not expected on the morning of 1/31/26.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 8 to 9 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 20 to 24 mph.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77 75 73 72 71 76 76 78 79 77
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............41 43 46 49 51 51 53 52 52 51
RH..............82 79 71 63 59 61 54 56 54 56
20 FT wind dir..NW N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 12
20 FT wind gust.18 20 20 21 21 22 22 21 21 18
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 11
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.0
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.20 23 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 21
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 32.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 5 to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 7 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 18 mph.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........71 55 43 42 30 15 12 28 9 13 14 18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 47 45 44 43 42 40 39 38 37 35 34
RH..............63 65 68 70 73 73 79 79 82 82 85 85
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.17 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 15 16 16 17
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.18 18 17 16 14 13 13 14 13 14 15 15
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 42.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 6 to 9 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 17 to 26 mph.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16 19 14 9 7 6 4 3 2 1 2 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............34 32 33 36 37 39 40 41 41 41 40 39
RH..............82 85 78 64 48 40 36 33 33 33 33 34
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..10 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 9
20 FT wind gust.17 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 20 18 16
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.7 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.8 2.4 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.18 22 24 25 26 26 25 24 23 22 20 17
$$
Forecaster...RUA
Requested by...Philip Pauling
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601385.0/LCH
.DELDT 01/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL philip.pauling@tpwd.texas.gov