FNUS74 KLCH 191231 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR C-120-121...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 731 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HUMIDITIES WILL BE ON THE RISE BEGINNING TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS PACKING QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING DUE TO SHARPLY COLDER AND MORE UNSTABLE AIR ALOFT. STRONG WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. DRY CONDITIONS NEXT WEEK WITH A WARMING TREND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... RH..............53 51 48 48 48 48 50 52 56 64 71 78 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 3.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.2 1.7 MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 TRANS SPD (M/S).1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...SWEENEY REQUESTED BY...MIKE OWERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120419.C1201.01/LCH