FNUS74 KLCH 102058 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR LACASSINE LEVEES...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 258 PM CST WED FEB 10 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL BRING PARTLY CLOUD SKIES AND LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW...WITH RAIN DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. DUE TO THE COLD AND DRY AIR IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...SOME SLEET OR SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN AT -TIMES OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AN INTENSE GULF LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON THURSDAY...THEN MOVE EASTWARD PASSING WELL SOUTH OF LOUISIANA FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS ANTICIPATED AREAWIDE DURING THIS TIME...WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING AROUND 1 INCH OF RAINFALL. DUE TO THE COLD AND DRY AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE...SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AREAWIDE. THE SYSTEM WILL PASS EAST OF THE REGION LATE FRIDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER FOR SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES ON SUNDAY AND BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........74 75 77 78 80 82 84 85 87 89 90 92 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............44 42 40 39 39 38 38 37 37 36 36 35 RH..............43 47 51 56 58 61 65 67 71 76 80 81 EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....EAST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 17 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...MARCOTTE REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100210.LACAS.01/LCH