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FWSLCH

Spot Forecast for C-371...USFS
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
934 AM CST Fri Jan 14 2022

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on January 14. 
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...
Winds will become onshore this afternoon as a low pressure center
will form over the Plains. This low will move across the 
lower Mississippi Valley tomorrow, allowing a cold front to 
sweep through. A few showers and isolated storms will be 
possible with the front. Cool and dry weather is anticipated
from Sunday. Criteria could possibly be met for a Wind Advisory
for parts of Saturday and Sunday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). 
Max temperature.....Around 71. 
Min humidity........34 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph 
                    early in the afternoon, then becoming light 
                    late in the afternoon. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph 
                    early in the afternoon, then becoming light 
                    late in the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......500-1800 ft AGL increasing to 2800-3600 ft AGL 
                    in the afternoon, then decreasing to 1300 ft 
                    AGL late in the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....East around 3 mph shifting to the south 3 to 10 
                    mph late in the morning. 

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
Sky (%).........23  25  18  14  18  30  25  26  39  
Weather cov.....                                    
Weather type....                                    
Tstm cov........                                    
Temp............51  57  62  66  69  70  71  69  67  
RH..............68  57  48  42  37  35  34  37  43  
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   5   3   3   
20 FT wind gust.4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   
Eye lvl wnd dir.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   3   4   4   4   4   3   3   
Eye lvl wnd gst.3   3   4   5   5   5   5   4   4   
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.8 3.4 3.6 2.8 1.3 
Transp wind dir.E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   5   5   5   10  8   

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming 
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). 
Min temperature.....Around 48. 
Max humidity........96 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in 
                    the evening, then becoming light after midnight 
                    becoming south 5 to 6 mph early in the morning. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening 
                    becoming light, then becoming south around 5 
                    mph late in the evening becoming light becoming 
                    south 5 to 6 mph early in the morning. 
Mixing height.......400-900 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph. 

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 
Sky (%).........49  48  49  49  49  56  57  71  76  84  87  92  
Weather cov.....                                                
Weather type....                                                
Tstm cov........                                                
Temp............61  59  56  55  54  53  53  53  54  53  54  54  
RH..............53  60  64  69  74  80  83  86  86  93  90  93  
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   5   6   
20 FT wind gust.4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   3   3   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   4   4   
Eye lvl wnd gst.3   4   4   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   5   5   
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   
Transp wind spd.8   12  12  9   13  12  12  15  14  12  13  15  

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming 
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Chance of rain 
                    showers in the morning. 
Max temperature.....Around 61. 
Min humidity........44 percent. 
Eye level winds.....South winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the west 9 
                    to 14 mph in the late morning and afternoon. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph shifting to the west 9 
                    to 14 mph in the late morning and afternoon. 
Mixing height.......800-2700 ft AGL increasing to 3000-3800 ft AGL 
                    in the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....South 15 to 20 mph shifting to the west 24 to 
                    28 mph in the late morning and afternoon. 

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
Sky (%).........95  97  95  84  87  74  81  69  58  46  47  47  
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  
Tstm cov........                                                
Temp............55  54  55  56  55  55  53  52  52  51  48  46  
RH..............93  93  96  90  77  64  59  54  48  44  47  47  
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   12  13  14  14  14  14  14  13  
20 FT wind gust.7   10  12  13  16  17  18  18  18  18  18  17  
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  9   
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   7   9   10  12  13  14  14  14  14  14  13  
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.2 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  
Transp wind spd.15  18  20  24  24  25  26  26  28  28  28  26  

$$
Forecaster...DENSON
Requested by...Calcasieu Ranger District
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2200688.0/LCH
.DELDT 01/14/22
.EMAIL adam.boudreaux@usda.gov