Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
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FNUS74 KLCH 111230
FWSLCH
Spot Forecast for LA-SBR Unit 5 East...USFWS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
730 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on March 11.
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...
Wind direction will shift to become more from a southerly
direction today. Southerly winds and moisture will increase on
Wednesday with a small chance for showers and thunderstorms
on Wednesday night north of the I-10 corridor. The next significant
rain event will occur late Friday into Saturday. Chance of fog Wednesday
is 20 percent.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 3 mph shifting to the
south late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 8 mph
late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 0 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............54 58 64 67 70 72 71 72 72 70
RH..............90 87 70 61 53 46 47 48 48 55
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 10 12 13 15 14 15 14
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.2 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.0
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
Transp wind spd.8 8 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 16
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 16 mph.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1 5 12 18 16 19 22 28 28 29 30 31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70 67 63 63 62 61 61 60 61 60 60 59
RH..............57 65 75 78 81 84 87 87 87 90 90 93
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.14 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.16 15 13 14 15 16 16 15 14 14 13 12
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 21 mph increasing to around 22 mph
late in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36 40 29 7 23 31 29 27 25 24 22 27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............60 60 61 64 68 70 72 73 73 74 74 73
RH..............93 90 90 90 78 76 72 66 65 67 66 69
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 10
20 FT wind gust.12 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 20 21 21 20
Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.7 1.3 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.5
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.12 13 13 16 18 18 18 20 21 22 22 22
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs around 80. Southwest
winds around 8 mph. Chance of fog is 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s. South
winds around 8 mph. Chance of fog is 13 percent.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around 7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...
Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
Forecaster...BRAZZELL
Requested by...Lucas Doucet
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505819.0/LCH
.DELDT 03/11/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sami_gray@fws.gov,lucas_doucet@fws.gov