FNUS74 KLCH 091321
FWSLCH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SABINE WEST...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
721 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT NUMEROUS GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH.
WITH MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT...
FOG IS NOT EXPECTED.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5
                    TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 13 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6 TO 10
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 17
                    TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
SKY (%).........87  90  100 100 100 100 100 100 94  90  82  75
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
TEMP............48  49  51  48  44  40  39  37  37  36  34  33
RH..............90  91  88  79  70  61  60  64  71  78  78  82
EYE LVL WND DIR.E   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.6   5   4   6   9   11  12  11  11  12  12  13
EYE LVL WND GST.15  10  5   10  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  25
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
TRANSP WIND SPD.13  7   6   10  17  23  25  24  24  25  28  29
TRANS SPD (M/S).6   3   3   4   8   10  11  11  11  11  13  13
HAINES INDEX....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 14 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-2300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 24 TO 29 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 17 TO 23 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ESCUDE/SHAMBURGER
REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110209.SABIN.01/LCH