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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE CHARLES 7...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
500 PM EST SUN FEB 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1637 EST ON FEBRUARY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UNSEASONABLY HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE. A LOW
CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY WITH
THE BEST CHANCE MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE CALM TONIGHT WITH
PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE LATE. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE EAST AND
INCREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH ON MONDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING. PATCHY DENSE FOG LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1900...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
LVORI...............10.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........60     63     63     69     74     77
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RN/FOG RN/FOG
TEMP............73     67     64     62     61     59
RH..............69     83     90     94     98     100
20 FT WIND......W 3    N 3    N 1    N 1    N 1    N 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5                           5
MIX HGT (FT)....2300   400    300    300    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 7   N 7    N 3    N 3    N 3    N 5
LVORI...........10     10     10     10     10     10
DISPERSION INDX.19     7      4      2      2      2
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     20     10     10     10
LAL.............2      1      1      1      1      1

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). PATCHY DENSE FOG
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....20.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........79     78     75     71     69     67
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RN/FG  RN/FG  RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............59     59     68     75     78     78
RH..............100    100    83     64     56     55
20 FT WIND......N 2    NE 3   NE 7   E 7    E 7    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....400    1500   2500   3700   4000   3400
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 7   NE 9   E 9    E 8    E 7    E 7
LVORI...........M      M      M      M      M      M
DISPERSION INDX.3      4      6      29     19     18
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     20     40     50     50
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1

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FORECASTER...SHULER
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY MILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120205.LAKEC.01/JAX