FNUS74 KLCH 041006 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDIN COUNTY...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 506 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS HARDIN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. STORMS WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO THE GULF. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ALSO TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AROUND 10 TO 13 DEGREES. THIS LATEST ROUND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AROUND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL ALTHOUGH RAINFALL TOTALS COULD RISE IN HARDIN COUNTY WITH STRONGER STORMS. TUESDAY WILL SEE NORTH WINDS DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOMING MORE EASTERLY. DRY AND COOL WITH MUCH LOWER RH VALUES AND 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 CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1700-2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 33 TO 36 MPH. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........82 85 87 89 92 94 88 82 77 71 65 59 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............72 74 75 76 77 78 78 78 78 76 73 69 RH..............93 88 85 81 82 80 69 60 53 48 48 47 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S SW SW W NW NW NW N N EYE LVL WND SPD.13 13 13 12 11 11 12 14 14 14 11 10 EYE LVL WND GST.20 21 21 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.5 1.7 2.7 3.8 4.8 4.0 3.2 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.4 MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW NW N TRANSP WIND SPD.33 33 35 35 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 TRANS SPD (M/S).15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 32 TO 39 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 25 TO 29 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200-4600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 14 TO 22 MPH BECOMING NORTH 1 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...KUYPER REQUESTED BY...KENT KUYPER TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20110403.HARDI.01/LCH