284 FNUS74 KLCH 091040 FWSLCH Spot Forecast for Compartment 59...USFS National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 440 AM CST Tue Mar 9 2021 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CST on March 09. 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... High pressure at the surface has moved off to the east. Therefore, more of a southeast to south wind flow is expected today. This will gradually increase temperatures and afternoon relative humidity values. No chance for rain is expected over the next few days. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Max temperature.....Around 75. Min humidity........43 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south 6 to 8 mph early in the morning. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 8 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......400-2100 ft AGL increasing to 3100-4300 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....South 13 to 17 mph. Mixing height (m)...122-640 meters AGL increasing to 945-1311 meters AGL late in the morning. Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 8 meters/second. TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........2 13 10 20 12 14 32 30 46 25 16 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............49 53 58 62 66 70 71 73 74 73 72 RH..............83 77 73 67 58 50 49 45 43 45 46 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..3 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 20 FT wind gust.11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.9 1.1 2.1 3.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.3 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.14 14 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Min temperature.....Around 57. Max humidity........99 percent. Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......3200-4400 ft AGL decreasing to 500-1900 ft AGL early in the evening. Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 17 mph. Mixing height (m)...975-1341 meters AGL decreasing to 152-579 meters AGL early in the evening. Transport winds m/s.Southeast 6 to 8 meters/second. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........29 45 31 38 61 78 92 73 76 77 85 79 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............69 67 65 63 63 62 61 60 60 59 59 59 RH..............50 57 61 64 68 73 77 82 84 89 93 94 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.14 12 14 13 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE Eye lvl wnd spd.4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 Mix hgt (kft)...4.4 3.2 1.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 Mix hgt (km)....1.3 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Transp wind dir.S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.17 16 14 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 Trans wind dir..S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Trans spd (m/s).8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........54 percent. Eye level winds.....South winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph early in the morning. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......500-1200 ft AGL increasing to 4400-5900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 14 to 23 mph increasing to 24 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height (m)...152-366 meters AGL increasing to 1341-1798 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.South 6 to 10 meters/second increasing to 11 to 12 meters/second in the afternoon. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........93 92 78 88 86 80 73 72 71 70 69 67 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............58 59 62 66 69 72 74 76 77 77 76 75 RH..............96 99 92 82 76 69 61 59 55 54 55 57 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.14 14 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 Eye lvl wnd gst.10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 2.8 4.3 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.2 4.4 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.3 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.14 14 15 16 20 23 25 26 25 24 24 24 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).6 6 7 7 9 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 $$ Forecaster...RUA Requested by...Eric Stuart Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2104417.1/LCH .DELDT 03/09/21 .EMAIL Eric.stuart@usda.gov