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FXUS64 KLCH 041808
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
108 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY
SUNDAY WITH A DECENT CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL.
- LINGERING SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AS COOL AND DRIER
CONDITIONS TAKE PLACE BEFORE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND RESUMES BY
THE MIDWEEK.
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1231 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE REGION.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTH WITH THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE OVERNIGHT. AT THIS TIME SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS LOW, BUT CAN
NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE EVENT. WHILE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE, FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION IT LOOKS TO
BE ENOUGH TO STOP DROUGHT PROGRESSION, BUT SEE LITTLE IF ANY
IMPROVEMENT AT THIS TIME.
SOME POST FRONTAL SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND MAINLY IN THE MORNING. OTHERWISE
COOL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A GRADUAL
WARMING TREND STARTING TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1215 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
MAIN CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST CYCLE IS TIMING OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE I-10 WITH LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1231 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE
MARINE AREAS STARTING AT 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON SEAS WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 5
FOOT AWAY FROM THE COAST.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1231 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH MIN RH'S
IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30 PERCENT POSSIBLE.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
GMZ430-432-450-452-455-470-472-475.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...27
AVIATION...27
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