FNUS74 KLCH 030906 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDIN COUNTY...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 406 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTH WINDS TODAY AS CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 80S ONCE AGAIN. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. STORMS WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO THE GULF. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT. ALSO TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AROUND 10 TO 13 DEGREES. TUESDAY WILL SEE NORTH WINDS DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOMING MORE EASTERLY. DRY AND COOL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S. WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL START OUT FROM THE EAST AND BECOMING SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BACK INTO THE MID 70S. NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-3800 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........47 48 50 52 53 55 54 53 53 52 51 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............69 71 74 76 78 80 80 81 81 81 80 79 RH..............85 78 74 68 64 61 62 60 62 63 66 69 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 6 8 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 2.1 2.7 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.3 MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 14 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 31 TO 32 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 31 TO 36 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .TUESDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...KUYPER REQUESTED BY...KENT KUYPER TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20110402.HARDI.08/LCH