845
FXUS64 KLCH 260550
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1250 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.
MAX HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 110F.
- PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE (40-80%) AREA WIDE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY WITH SCATTERED (30-50%) THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH
AFTERNOON INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
- RAIN AND CLOUD COVER WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW HEAT
ADVISORY CRITERIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
DISCUSSION
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1249 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF
THE LOCAL WEATHER THROUGH ONE MORE DAY. WHILE THE REGION REMAINS
ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RIDGE, THE AREA WILL BE BETWEEN UPPER
DISTURBANCES. UNFORTUNATELY (OR FORTUNATELY IF YOU LIKE REALLY
HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DEAD GRASS) MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S AND EVEN PAST 100 DEGREES
AT MANY INLAND AREAS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PUSH INTO THE DANGER
CATEGORY ONCE AGAIN. YESTERDAY, EVEN WITH CLOUD COVER, MAX HEAT
INDEX VALUES AVERAGED 100 TO AROUND 106 (ALTHOUGH KBPT MANAGED
114).
ALSO TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT, AN UPPER TROF WILL DIG INTO THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. AS THIS OCCURS THE EASTERN
PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL GET ERODED. THIS WILL ALLOW
CONVECTION TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AS EARLY AS TONIGHT OR EARLY
THURSDAY. CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON STORMS WILL THEN LINGER INTO THE
WEEKEND AS THE UPPER RIDGE'S GRIP WEAKENS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
BACK TO THE NORMAL HOT AUGUST READINGS WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY LESS
INFERNO-LIKE.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1249 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1249 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
LIGHT WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD, OUTSIDE OF
CONVECTION.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1249 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2026
ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY IS ANTICIPATED TODAY, HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES
INCREASE THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR LAZ027>033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-
252>254.
TX...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR TXZ180-201-259>262-515-516-615-616.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...05
AVIATION...05
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