FNUS74 KLCH 091553
FWSLCH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SIMS TRAINING TEST...CALCASIEU OEP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
953 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST

...THIS IS ONLY A TRAINING DRILL...

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
BECOME NORTHERLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 18 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO 7 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO NORTH
                    15 TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
SKY (%).........85  89  100 100 100 100 100 100 97  93  85  77
WEATHER COV.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
TEMP............47  49  51  50  49  47  45  43  41  40  38  37
RH..............86  85  84  79  77  73  76  79  82  84  81  81
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE  SE  S   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.10  9   3   7   9   10  9   9   7   9   10  12
EYE LVL WND GST.20  15  5   15  15  20  15  15  15  15  20  20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.2
MIX HGT (KM)....0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E   NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12  6   2   7   15  22  24  24  24  25  26  28
TRANS SPD (M/S).5   3   1   3   7   10  11  11  11  11  12  13

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-2200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 23 TO 28 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RUA
REQUESTED BY...DICK GREMILION
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20110209.SIMST.01/LCH

...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST
...TRAINING DRILL...