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SPOT FORECAST FOR CALCASIEU COMP 27...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
633 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY ON A RETURNING
SOUTHERLY FLOW. A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY FOR LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS
OUR NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 9 MPH.

TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
SKY (%).........48  48  48  47  47  48  50  52  53  55  56  56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............49  53  57  61  65  66  68  69  68  66  64  61
RH..............74  66  56  49  43  41  40  40  41  44  48  56
EYE LVL WND DIR.E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3
EYE LVL WND GST.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.6 2.4 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.6 1.8
MIX HGT (KM)....0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3   5   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   9
TRANS SPD (M/S).1   2   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-600 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-2800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...MARCOTTE
REQUESTED BY...CALCASIEU RD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130308.CALCA.01/LCH