FNUS74 KLCH 161113 FWSLCH Spot Forecast for CAL BU-255 257...US Forest Service National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 613 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 16. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (337) 477-5285, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Very light, scattered showers have developed over the area. A few more may develop throughout the day, but largely little to no rainfall is anticipated. Anywhere where a small shower moves, do not anticipate meaningful rainfall. Otherwise, moisture still moving inland will allow for minimum RH values to vary in the 40 to 50 percent range this afternoon. Patchy areas of fog will be possible in the overnight hours through early Saturday. Fog may be dense at times. A cold front will move across Saturday night that may bring some portions of the area a wetting rain. Strong northerly winds and low relative humidity values are expected behind the front on Sunday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Max temperature.....Around 87. Min humidity........45 percent. Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height (m)...549-1646 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.South 5 to 6 meters/second. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........54 47 40 25 38 47 41 36 47 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............72 75 78 82 84 85 86 85 85 RH..............84 76 67 56 53 46 45 48 48 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Min temperature.....Around 66. Max humidity........100 percent. Eye level winds.....South winds up to 5 mph decreasing to up to 4 mph overnight. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height (m)...122-1067 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........37 20 8 2 3 6 17 30 49 48 69 77 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............84 81 77 75 72 71 70 69 68 67 67 67 RH..............49 54 62 69 79 81 87 93 97 100 97 97 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.14 14 16 17 16 16 14 12 12 12 10 12 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 10 10 10 10 8 7 7 7 6 7 Mix hgt (km)....1.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Max temperature.....Around 87. Min humidity........42 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph with gusts to around 13 mph early in the morning. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 21 mph. Mixing height (m)...183-1768 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 8 meters/second increasing to around 9 meters/second late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........83 75 50 37 24 23 21 20 21 22 23 22 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............67 66 68 71 75 79 82 84 86 87 87 85 RH..............100 100 93 84 74 62 53 49 45 42 43 46 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..2 3 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.12 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 21 20 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.1 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 12 Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.4 Trans wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S Trans spd (m/s).5 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 $$ Forecaster...CALHOUN Requested by...Brian Gidcumb Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610455.1/LCH .DELDT 04/16/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brian.gidcumb@usda.gov