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FXUS64 KLCH 131809
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
109 PM CDT MON APR 13 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S FOR A MAJORITY
OF THE AREA, WITH SOME LOW 90S POSSIBLE.
- NEXT GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMES IN NEXT
WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT MON APR 13 2026
MIDDAY SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OFF THE EAST
COAST, PROVIDING A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. ALOFT, RIDGING IS SITUATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN
CONUS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID 80S THIS
AFTERNOON BENEATH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS FALL
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S.
BOTH SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE
FORECAST AREA AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK, BRINGING ABOUT A
RATHER REPETITIVE FORECAST. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE MID
TO UPPER 80S, WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S.
WHILE NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WORK WEEK THANKS TO
RIDGING ALOFT, MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO POOL OVER THE REGION. WE
MAY BEGIN TO SEE SOME FOG ISSUES DURING THE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING
TIME PERIOD LATER THIS WEEK, AS WINDS START TO RELAX A BIT.
OTHERWISE, HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAIL. BY THE END OF THE WEEK,
PARTS OF CENLA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 90 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS YEAR, FEELING MUCH MORE LIKE SUMMER THAN MID-SPRING.
MOVING INTO THE WEEKEND, A PATTERN CHANGE ARRIVES AS A UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH DIVING ACROSS THE PLAINS SENDS A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD AND
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
LATE SAT INTO EARLY SUN, AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND
STORMS. STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF WE WILL SEE ANY SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THIS CONVECTION, BUT IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD
LIKELY BE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SAT. BEHIND THE FRONT, A BRIEF
SHOT OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR ARRIVES MAKING FOR A VERY PLEASANT END
TO THE WEEKEND.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT MON APR 13 2026
HIGH PRESSURE DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN US WILL MAINTAIN A
MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS WITH SEAS REMAINING CONSISTENTLY BETWEEN 2-3 FEET
OVER THE NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS AND 3-5 FEET OVER THE OUTER
COASTAL WATERS. NO CONVECTION IS EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE
PERIOD.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT MON APR 13 2026
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON TO EVENING HOURS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEK AS MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO BE TRANSPORTED IN FROM THE GULF. LITTLE TO NO CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS ARE LIKELY DURING THE WORK WEEK, HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES
INCREASE THIS WEEKEND WITH AN INCOMING COLD FRONT.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...17
AVIATION...17
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