FNUS74 KLCH 161157 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR LADYBUG...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 657 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE MORNING. LIGHTING COULD BE SIGNIFICANT... FROM 9 TO 15 STRIKES PER MINUTE...IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-5200 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 9 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........61 60 60 60 60 58 60 63 67 71 74 60 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............84 86 89 90 92 93 93 93 93 92 91 89 RH..............83 76 70 67 62 58 56 56 56 57 62 68 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N N N N N N N NE 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.W NW NW N N N N N N N N NE EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.3 2.9 3.4 4.0 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.1 4.4 3.3 2.3 MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-300 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3700 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 12 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. $$ FORECASTER...TRARES/SHAMBURGER REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100816.LADYB.01/LCH