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SPOT FORECAST FOR CAL  C-14  78...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
623 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY AND COOL WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NEW WEEK.
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE
30S AS DEW POINTS REMAIN LOW. A WARMING AND HUMIDIFYING SOUTHERLY
FLOW WILL RETURN MONDAY...AHEAD OF OUR NEXT FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED
TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH.

TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
SKY (%).........42  45  47  50  53  55  58  61  64  63  63  62
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............46  49  51  52  53  54  53  51  48  44  42  40
RH..............50  45  41  39  36  35  37  40  42  49  53  56
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.6   7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
EYE LVL WND GST.15  15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 5.2 5.8 6.5 7.3 8.0 7.4 6.9 6.3 4.7 3.0 1.4
MIX HGT (KM)....1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 0.9 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18  18  18  20  21  23  25  26  28  28  28  28
TRANS SPD (M/S).8   8   8   9   9   10  11  12  13  13  13  13

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700-6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 25 TO 28 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600-5500 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 21 TO 25 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ESCUDE
REQUESTED BY...RUSS MARCHION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130301.CALC1.01/LCH