FNUS74 KLCH 201207
FWSLCH

SPOT FORECAST FOR NOAA SENTINEL - SABINE PASS...NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
607 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS. THIS FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER ROUND OF UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND.
RAIN CHANCES WILL THEN RETURN ONCE AGAIN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
AS ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAKE CONDITIONS.....SMOOTH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO LIGHT CHOP
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........84  84  84  83  83  83  83  82  82  82  81  81
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............52  53  55  57  60  62  63  63  64  64  62  59
RH..............92  93  93  87  82  76  73  71  69  73  81  91
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE  SE  E   E   E   E   NE  NE  N   N   N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   8   9
EYE LVL WND GST.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH.
LAKE CONDITIONS.....ROUGH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
LAKE CONDITIONS.....CHOPPY DECREASING TO LIGHT CHOP IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. LAKE WATERS A LIGHT CHOP DECREASING
TO SMOOTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 60. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. LAKE WATERS CHOPPY.
.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN
THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. LAKE WATERS CHOPPY.

$$
FORECASTER...ESCUDE
REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110119.NOAAS.01/LCH