FNUS74 KLCH 161523 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR SIECKE STAND 23...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1023 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SITTING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL BRING HOT TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WEST WINDS THIS MORNING. A TROPICAL WAVE OVER LOUISIANA MOVING WESTWARD WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SWITCH TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOUTH BY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH MOST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE TO THE EAST IN LOUISIANA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WEST WINDS BECOMING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM SKY (%).........45 47 48 50 52 55 58 59 62 62 61 59 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............91 93 95 97 98 98 98 97 96 94 90 86 RH..............71 62 55 50 46 44 44 47 51 59 69 81 EYE LVL WND DIR.N W W W W E E SE SE S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.6 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 $$ FORECASTER...SHAMBURGER REQUESTED BY...JARED GOODMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100716.SIECK.01/LCH