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FXUS64 KLCH 251727
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1227 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- TYPICAL SUMMER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK
WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE 100-105 RANGE.
- NO APPRECIABLE PRECIPITATION CHANCES UNTIL MID NEXT WEEK.
- SAHARAN DUST WILL WORK INTO THE REGION MONDAY CREATING HAZE AND
POOR AIR QUALITY.
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026
THE REGION REMAINS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THIS
RIDGE HAS BEEN GUIDING DAILY THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF THE
AREA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE. THE
RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST BECOMING CENTERED NEARLY OVERHEAD
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK KEEPING PRECIPITATION AT BAY. SOME
HIGHER MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO WORK AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF
THE RIDGE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH
WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT APPRECIABLE POPS, BUT THESE WILL ONLY BE
SCATTERED, DIURNALLY DRIVEN, STORMS.
AT THE SURFACE, THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF MAINTAINING LIGHT SOUTHERLY
WINDS WHICH WILL KEEP SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S (UPPER 70S IN THE
MORNING AND LOWER 70S IN MID AFTERNOON). TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK WITH MAXIMUM HEAT
INDICES RANGING FROM 100-105.
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO TRACK A SWATH OF SAHARAN DUST MOVING ACROSS
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THIS DUST IS EXPECTED TO WORK THROUGH THE
CARIBBEAN AND INTO THE GULF THIS WEEKEND POTENTIALLY REACHING THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST MONDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
IMPACTS FROM THIS DUST INCLUDE HAZY CONDITIONS PRODUCING LOWER
VISIBILITIES, VIVID SUNSETS AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS FOR THOSE
SENSITIVE TO POOR AIR QUALITY.
JONES
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. FAIR
WEATHER CU ALONG WITH SOME PASSING HIGH CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LIGHT
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD.
JONES
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026
LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1226 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2026
LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID NEXT
WEEK WITH THE NEXT APPRECIABLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION COMING ON
TUESDAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES EACH AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 50-60%.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...66
AVIATION...66
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