FNUS74 KLCH 111142 FWSLCH SPOT FORECAST FOR RX UNIT 7 SOUTH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 642 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BOTH SURFACE AND ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE REGION...LEADING TO A GRADUAL WARM UP WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE FORECAST AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200-3900 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 34 33 32 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............72 74 77 79 80 81 82 82 82 82 80 78 RH..............95 87 80 75 71 68 67 66 66 68 68 73 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.6 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.2 1.8 MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 13 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 17 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ESCUDE REQUESTED BY...DOUGLAS HEAD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121011.RXUNI.01/LCH