FNUS74 KLCH 251901 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAUMONT HAZMAT TEST...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 201 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS IS A HAZMAT TEST FOR BEAUMONT, TEXAS ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE...SITUATED JUST OFFSHORE GEORGIA...WILL TRAVEL EASTWARD TODAY. IN RESPONSE...PRESSURES WILL FALL ACROSS THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES...PERMITTING A WEAK CANADIAN COLD FRONT TO TRAVEL SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD THROUGH TEXAS. THE TRAVELING (AND DIFFUSING) FRONT WILL SLOW TO A HALT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY...RESTING NEAR A CONROE TEXAS-TO-BATON ROUGE LINE AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. THE FRONT WASHES OUT ON FRIDAY...AS THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 21 MPH AND GUSTY. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-5900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 3400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 22 TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P SKY (%).........54 54 54 52 50 49 46 46 46 53 56 59 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............87 88 88 87 87 87 86 86 83 81 80 79 RH..............61 59 59 61 61 59 61 61 70 74 77 79 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.14 14 14 14 13 11 10 9 7 6 6 5 EYE LVL WND GST.25 25 25 25 25 20 20 15 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.3 5.9 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.1 3.4 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.1 1.2 MIX HGT (KM)....1.6 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.30 30 30 30 30 30 29 26 22 16 13 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 10 7 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 22 TO 26 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 5600-6700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...KUYPER REQUESTED BY...KENT KUYPER TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20110525.BEAUM.01/LCH