426  
FXUS64 KLCH 252305  
AFDLCH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
605 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- VERY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE  
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ANY STORM MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY  
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.  
 
- VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH LITTLE HOPE OF RAINFALL  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2025  
 
TODAY'S AIRMASS AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS MORE REMINISCENT OF  
SUMMERTIME THAN MID-SPRING! EARLIER TODAY, CONVECTION WAS BUBBLING  
UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA, BUT IT IS BLATANT TO SEE HIGH PRESSURE  
RIDGING IS BUILDING IN AS EVERYTHING HAS DISSIPATED. A FEW  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING, BUT  
NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING MAJOR OR SEVERE.  
 
THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE VERY WARM AND HUMID  
UNDERNEATH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT. MANY AREA OBSERVATIONS OVERSHOT  
THE FORECASTED HIGH TEMPS TODAY, SO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY'S HIGH  
TEMPS WERE BUMPED UP FROM THE BASELINE NBM. THIS IS RESULTING IN  
FORECAST HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S EACH DAY.  
 
FOR THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS, DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF  
CLOUD COVER OR PRECIPITATION HELPING TO BREAK THE HEAT. HYDRATE,  
STICK TO THE SHADE AND KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THOSE VULNERABLE TO  
THESE CONDITIONS!  
 
11/CALHOUN  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(MONDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2025  
 
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS WELL IN CONTROL OF THE FORECAST INTO THE  
START OF NEXT WORK WEEK. A FEW WEAK SHORTWAVE PULSES ATTEMPT TO  
MOVE DOWN INTO THE SOUTHEAST US BUT THEY'RE ALL SHUNTED OFF TO THE  
NORTH OF THE HIGH PRESSURE DOME. THE RIDGE WEAKENS A BIT TOWARDS  
THE MIDWEEK AS A STRONGER SHORTWAVE MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL  
TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD BE THE FIRST DAY TO SEE ANY ACTIVE  
CONVECTION IN THE LONGTERM PERIOD.  
 
EVEN WITH THE POTENTIAL OF RAINFALL, IT DOES NOT APPEAR A BREAK IN  
THE HOT, HUMID CONDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT  
WEEK. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S EACH DAY.  
 
11/CALHOUN  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 559 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2025  
 
A BOUNDARY IS CAUSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN AN EAST  
TO WEST LINE ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA, IMPACTING AEX. IMPACTS FROM  
CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF I-10.  
 
AFTER SUNSET CONVECTION WILL FADE AWAY LEADING TO VFR CONDITIONS  
THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. NEAR SUNRISE PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO  
FORM. IMPACTS WILL BE FELT MORE ALONG THE COAST WITH VIS DROPPING  
INTO MVFR CONDITIONS AND PERIODS OF IFR POSSIBLE. CIGS ARE NOT  
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW VFR.  
 
AFTER SUNRISE (14Z), VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN. WINDS WILL BE  
LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD AND MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2025  
 
HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY AND WILL  
REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. EXPECT MOSTLY DRY  
CONDITIONS, MILD TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW AND 2 TO 4  
FOOT SEAS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
AEX 64 86 64 88 / 20 10 10 10  
LCH 68 85 69 86 / 10 0 0 0  
LFT 67 86 68 87 / 10 10 0 0  
BPT 69 85 70 86 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
LA...NONE.  
TX...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...11  
LONG TERM....11  
AVIATION...14  
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