788
FXUS64 KLCH 120518
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1218 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- SCATTERED STORMS WITH LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE
SATURDAY. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 90 TO 97, DEPENDING WHERE RAIN
FALLS, RESULTING IN INDICES 101 TO 107F ACROSS THE AREA.
- HIGH PRESSURE MOVES BACK IN SUNDAY WITH LIMITED RAIN CHANCES AND
HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1217 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
A SHORT WAVE IS PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE PWATS OF 2" OR BETTER REMAIN IN PLACE
FROM THE HOUSTON METRO TO THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.
NOCTURNAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO GET GOING AGAIN THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION INLAND DURING THE MID
TO LATE MORNING HOURS. STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE SEA
BREEZE ONCE AGAIN. AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSES THE REGION
TODAY, A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO INTERIOR SE
TX AND CEN LA. WHILE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STILL
EXPECTED AT THESE LOCATIONS, COVERAGE WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN
POINT TO THE SOUTH. APPARENT TEMPERATURES ACROSS INLAND AREAS MAY
ALSO PUSH TO NEAR HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
CONVECTION MOVES IN.
A RIDGE ALOFT BEGINS TO REBUILD OVER THE AREA STARTING SUNDAY.
SCATTERED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE, BUT
STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED AT BEST ACROSS INLAND AREAS.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BECOMES ESTABLISHED FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
THIS WILL REDUCE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA, HOWEVER A FEW
SHOWERS OR STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO INCREASE A COUPLE DEGREES.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1217 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
CONVECTION WILL OCCUR LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
SATURDAY. THIS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF LOWER VIS AND CEILINGS,
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR TERMINALS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
AND VRB TONIGHT AND BECOME SOUTH TO SW DURING THE LATE MORNING.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1217 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN STRETCHED FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THE
DEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COMING WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP
WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE PERIOD.
SEAS WILL ALSO REMAIN LOW AT 3 FEET OR LESS INTO WEDNESDAY.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1217 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
HUMID CONDITIONS WITH ELEVATED RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SUNDAY. NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED. RAIN CHANCES
WILL DECREASE INTO NEXT WEEK, HOWEVER SCATTERED STORMS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...05
AVIATION...05
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