FNUS74 KLCH 131225
FWSLCH

SPOT FORECAST FOR POST IKE NORTH UNIT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
625 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE THROUGH THE FIRE WEATHER AREA
THIS MORNING.

THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH SURFACE MIXING WILL REACH THE 500-METER
LEVEL IS 50 DEGREES F...EXPECTED TO BE REACHED AROUND NOON.

SEA BREEZE IS NOT LIKELY FOR TODAY.

THE HAINES INDEX WILL START AT AROUND 2 THIS MORNING...INCREASING
TO AROUND 4 BY NOON.

THE SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE VERY GOOD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-3100 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 20
                    TO 28 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........37     32     28     28     29     29
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     47     52     53     53     47
RH..............73     60     47     41     38     47
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 12   N 12   N 12   N 11   N 9    N 6
(MPH)
EYE LEVEL WIND..20     25     20     20     15     10
(GUSTS IN MPH)

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TRARES
REQUESTED BY...DOUGLAS HEAD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090113.POSTI.01/LCH