FNUS74 KLCH 261139
FWSLCH

SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 9 RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
639 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SPOT FIRE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING. FOG WILL LIFT QUICKLY WHEN THE FRONT ARRIVES. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAIN WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. ALSO
BREEZY AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. THE 500 METER
MIXING HEIGHT TEMPERATURE IS 68F AND WILL OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BY LATE MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 5 MPS EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 11 TO 13 MPS BY THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSION....GOOD.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........70     74     78     80     80     80
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............70     70     69     67     65     64
RH..............93     79     79     73     67     73
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 3    N 6    N 8    N 10   N 12   N 13
EYE LEVEL GUST..5      10     15     20     25     25
MIX HGT (FT)....2300   2600   2400   2500   2500   2000
MIX HGT (M).....700    790    730    760    760    610
TRANSPORT WIND..N 5    N 9    N 15   N 20   N 24   N 28
TRAN WIND (M/S).N 3    N 4    N 7    N 9    N 11   N 13

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 13 TO 15 MPS.
SMOKE DISPERSION....POOR.

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FORECASTER...RUA
REQUESTED BY...DOUGLAS HEAD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121026.UNIT9.01/LCH