FNUS74 KLCH 261245 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR TISON...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL TRAVEL SOUTH AND EAST ...EXITING INTO THE LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING...WHERE IT SUBSEQUENTLY STALLS OUT. THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO ON FRIDAY... WASHING OUT THE STALLED FRONT. BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES AND THE LOUISIANA PARISHES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS AND CAMERON. ADDITIONAL INFO...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS VEERING TO NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN AND PERSIST BEGINNING FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100-3700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 3400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........74 74 51 40 29 6 6 6 6 4 3 2 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............76 78 81 83 84 86 87 87 87 87 86 84 RH..............82 73 66 61 56 52 50 48 46 46 47 48 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 2.9 3.7 4.5 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.9 4.7 3.4 MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W SW TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 8 5 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 6 4 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...SWEENEY REQUESTED BY...GATOR SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110526.TISON.01/LCH