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SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDIN COUNTY...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
407 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

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

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF
A COLD FRONT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD
DIMINISH BEFORE THE LOW HUMIDITIES MOVE IN. THAT SAID, FIRE DANGER
WILL BE ELEVATED ON TUESDAY DUE THE UNUSUALLY LOW HUMIDITIES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 30 TO 39 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 24
                    TO 26 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM
SKY (%).........M   M   M   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
WEATHER COV.....M   M   M
WEATHER TYPE....M   M   M
TEMP............M   M   M   69  62  58  55  53  52  51  49  47
RH..............M   M   M   53  64  71  77  79  78  78  80  78
EYE LVL WND DIR.M   M   M   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.M   M   M   8   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   4
EYE LVL WND GST.M   M   M   15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  5
MIX HGT (KFT)...M   M   M   3.1 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.7
MIX HGT (KM)....M   M   M   0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.M   M   M   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
TRANSP WIND SPD.M   M   M   39  39  39  39  38  37  36  35  32
TRANS SPD (M/S).M   M   M   17  17  17  17  17  17  16  16  14

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-4700 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 13 TO 21 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 0 TO 9
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL EARLY
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1000 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 21 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...SWEENEY
REQUESTED BY...KENT KUYPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20110403.HARDI.01/LCH