594  
FXUS64 KLCH 131125  
AFDLCH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
625 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
 
- TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID 90'S AGAIN TODAY THROUGH THE  
EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS OPPRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS  
OVER THE REGION.  
 
- UPPER WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL US MAY OFFER ENOUGH  
WEAKNESS OVERHEAD TO ALLOW A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TO FORM THIS  
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON (AROUND A 5 TO 9 PERCENT CHANCE.)  
OTHERWISE, HOT AND DRY.  
 
- LOWER THAN NORMAL DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES CAPPED  
IN THE UPPER 90S EACH DAY. CONTINUE PRACTICING HEAT SAFETY FOR  
THOSE OUTDOORS WORKING, AT SPORTING PRACTICES, OR OTHERWISE  
BEING ACTIVE OUTDOORS.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
 
AT THE START OF THE PERIOD, UPPER LEVEL TROF SHOULD BE ONSHORE AT  
CALIFORNIA AND PREPARING TO DROP OUT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. BY  
MIDDAY, RIDGE OVER THE FORECAST AREA IS ALREADY FEELING THE  
INFLUENCE FROM THIS TROF AND HIGH PRESSURE FROM 300 DOWN THROUGH  
850MB STARTS TO RELAX. AS A RESULT OF THESE RELATIVELY LOWER HEIGHTS  
ALOFT, A WIDELY SCATTERED SMATTERING OF SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS  
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WITH A SOUTHWEST MOTION. THE ONLY NOD TOWARDS  
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN IS BECAUSE AFTERNOON  
SHOWERS DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. SO, ALL OTHER  
CONDITIONS BEING SIMILAR SATURDAY... AS SUBSIDENCE BACKS OFF, A FEW  
STRICTLY AFTERNOON DIURNAL SHOWERS/VERY WEAK STORMS MAY DEVELOP. FOR  
NOW, A 5 TO 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WERE INCLUDED IN THE  
FORECAST THIS COMING AFTERNOON.  
 
AS SURFACE-BASED HIGH PRESSURE SHRINKS INLAND, FLOW BECOMES MORE  
SOUTHEASTERLY AND SO A WEAK MOISTURE RETURN TAKES PLACE INTO SUNDAY.  
UPPER TROF CONTINUES ITS MARCH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND  
UPPER RIDGE HAS BEEN SHUNTED BACK TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  
 
MOISTURE RETURN, EVEN IN ITS MINIMAL NATURE, SHOULD BRING ABOUT MORE  
WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER. ANOTHER ROUND OF DIURNALLY DRIVEN AFTERNOON  
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES.  
 
UPPER TROF WASHES OUT GOING INTO MONDAY. GUIDANCE INDICATES AN UPPER  
LOW BACKBUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN US. CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THIS  
LOW SHOULD REINFORCE DRY AIR RETURN OVERHEAD. SURFACE HIGH AND UPPER  
RIDGE ARE FORCED BACK OVERTOP THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE CENTRAL AND  
SOUTH CENTRAL US IN RESPONSE TO LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST. THUSLY, A  
RETURN TO HOT AND DRY WITH QUIET RADAR CAN BE EXPECTED INTO MONDAY.  
 
ABOVE CLIMO NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE SHORT TERM PERIOD.  
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL PERSIST EACH DAY WITHIN THE  
LARGELY DRY AIRMASS.  
 
11/CALHOUN  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
 
GENERAL PERSISTENCE IN THE OVERALL LONG WAVE PATTERN ACROSS THE  
CONUS WILL MAINTAIN A RELATIVELY STEADY TEMPERATURE PROFILE ACROSS  
THE REGION WITH HIGHS SITUATED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND LOWS IN  
THE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW-MID 70S WITH THE COOLER TEMPS MORE  
ALIGNED ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AND PARISHES. THERE  
WILL REMAIN VERY FEW, ISOLATED POSSIBILITIES OF PULSE SHOWERS/STORMS  
AT TIMES ACROSS THE PERIOD RUNNING EARLY TO MID-NEXT WEEK, ALTHOUGH  
PRECIP TOTALS AREN'T GOING TO BE VERY APPRECIABLE AT THIS JUNCTURE  
SINCE THE SIGNAL DENOTES MORE WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE. WE'LL  
CONTINUE MONITORING THE PROGRESSION OF THE PATTERN TO THE NORTH AS  
SOME GUIDANCE INFERS A POTENTIAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH CUTTING  
THROUGH THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK.  
DEPTH AND STRENGTH OF THE TROUGH COULD BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS INTO AT LEAST THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA BY THAT TIME  
FRAME, BUT MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL EVOLUTION  
LEADING TO A RELATIVELY TAME PRECIP FORECAST WHEN ASSESSING THE  
ENSEMBLE MEANS. NO MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK AT, SUMMER MAINTAINS ITS  
GRIP ACROSS THE REGION WITH NO TRUE COLD FRONT IN SIGHT FOR THE NEXT  
7+ DAYS.  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE AS HIGHS AVERAGE 5 TO 7  
DEGREES F ABOVE CLIMO NORMS THRU THE PERIOD. HOWEVER, DUE TO LOWER  
HUMIDITY, DAYTIME HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S  
EACH DAY.  
 
CALHOUN/KLEEBAUER  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 619 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
 
THERE ARE AREAS OF PATCHY FOG ABOUT THE REGION, HOWEVER LOW VIS IS  
NOT IMPACTING ANY OF THE TAF SITES, NOR ARE ANY EXPECTED TO GO BELOW  
6SM. FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THERE IS  
A NONZERO CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON, HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT  
ADDED IN THE TAFS DUE TO CHANCES BEING BELOW 15 PERCENT.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
 
WINDS CONTINUE TO BE PROGGED TO PREVAIL FROM THE EAST THROUGH THE  
PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES RIDGING INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF.  
PERIODS OF ENHANCED EASTERLY FLOW AND SEAS WILL DEVELOP OVER OUTER  
20 TO 60 NM WATERS AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH THE PASSAGE OF  
WAVES.  
 
DRY AIR AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO A  
MINIMUM.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
 
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH BREEZY, VARIABLE WINDS TO BE EXPECTED  
TODAY INTO THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN  
OVER OR NEAR THE REGION INTO THE MID WEEK, HOWEVER, TODAY INTO  
SUNDAY, A BRIEF WEAKENING OF THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE.  
DRY AIRMASS SHOULD KEEP MOST RAIN CHANCES TO A MINIMUM, BUT THIS  
WEAKNESS COULD ALLOW FOR A FEW VERY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
STORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY AND SUNDAY. VERY LOW RAINFALL TOTALS ARE  
ANTICIPATED WITH ANY CELLS THAT CAN DEVELOP. MID TO UPPER 90S ARE  
EXPECTED THRU THE MID WEEK. SURFACE MIXING IS EXPECTED EACH  
AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME RH MINIMUMS IN THE 25 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
AEX 95 68 94 69 / 0 0 0 0  
LCH 93 73 91 72 / 0 0 10 0  
LFT 94 72 91 70 / 0 0 0 0  
BPT 93 73 91 72 / 10 0 10 0  
 

 
   
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
LA...NONE.  
TX...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...11  
LONG TERM....11  
AVIATION...87  
 
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