406  
FXUS64 KLCH 012325  
AFDLCH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
625 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- HAZY SKIES FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW MORNING WITH  
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EXPECTED THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AND  
INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 
- AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN WILL PROVIDE HOT AND HUMID  
CONDITIONS.  
 
- NO TROPICAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO THE CWA OVER THE NEXT 7  
DAYS.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1221 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
 
MODEST SURFACE RIDGING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF EASING TO SLACK  
TROUGHING ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA AND TX IS ALLOWING LIGHT SW  
BREEZES THIS EVENING. WHILE THERE IS A FLUX OF GULF MOISTURE  
PULLED INTO THE LOW LEVELS, OVERALL DEWPOINTS AREN'T IMPRESSIVE  
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT MUCH ORGANIZED CONVECTION. HOWEVER, BEING A  
SUMMERTIME ENVIRONMENT ACROSS SETX / SWLA MODELS DO HINT AT THE  
POSSIBILITY OF LATE AFTERNOON ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM  
BEFORE INSTABILITIES FALLS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS PATTERN  
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH  
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN JET ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WILL  
BROADEN AND AMPLIFY TOWARD THE TN VALLEY DURING THIS PERIOD,  
HOWEVER, GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ANY REMNANT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE  
HARD-PRESSED TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE ARKLATEX. THEREFORE RAIN CHANCES  
ARE KEPT TO AN ISOLATED EXTENT DURING THE SHORT RANGE.  
 
MORE CONCERNING ARE THE DAILY HIGHS AND HEAT INDICES. AT THIS  
TIME, CONFIDENCE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH REGARDING MID AFTERNOON  
DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE WARMEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO HEDGE TOWARD  
HEAT HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, CONDITIONS DO BORDER CLOSE  
TO CRITERIA BRIEFLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS SO CAUTION IN OVER  
EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXERCISED REGARDLESS.  
 
KOWALSKI / 30  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1221 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
 
THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK IS NOT TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH PRECIPITATION  
EITHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL  
CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS MEXICO AND EXTEND OVER THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS. THIS SUBSIDENCE ALOFT IS FORECAST TO LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL DRIVEN CONVECTION WHILE OFFERING NO  
FORCING MECHANISMS TO INITIATE ORGANIZED WEATHER THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND. REGARDING TEMPERATURES, MODEL GUIDANCE POINTS TO SLIGHT  
INCREASE IN SURFACE HIGHS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAIN QUESTION WILL  
BE HOW SURFACE RH RESPONDS AS THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE HEDGING  
FACTOR TOWARD HEAT RELATED PRODUCTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN THE LONG  
RANGE. WORTH NOTING AN INCREASE IN SHEAR AND SUBSIDENCE ACROSS  
THE CENTRAL GULF INCREASES CONFIDENCE THAT CHANCES OF TROPICAL  
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VERY LOW LEADING INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY.  
 
KOWALSKI / 30  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 607 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
 
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS CENTERED TO OUR WEST AND IS EXTENDING  
ACROSS OUR REGION. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT  
ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND FROM THE SOUTH FOR  
THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 1221 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS LOCATED IN THE GULF WILL YIELD  
LIGHT WINDS AND CALM SEAS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ON THE CALM  
SIDE THROUGH MOST OF THE WORK WEEK. THE NHC HAS PLACED A 30%  
INVEST AREA IN THE EASTERN GULF AND WEST ATLANTIC ALONG FL. THIS  
AREA MAY EXPAND TO BROADER COASTAL TROUGH YIELDING HEAVIER  
PRECIPITATION ALONG THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST AND  
NEARSHORE WATERS, HOWEVER, NO TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IS FORECAST  
LOCALLY OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 1221 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
 
RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS AN UPPER-  
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE  
TO PUSH MOISTURE NORTH WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES STAYING NEAR 50%.  
KBDI VALUES HAVE RISEN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS NOW REACHING THE  
400-550 RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF LOUISIANA WITH HIGHEST VALUES LOCATED  
ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
AEX 74 94 74 95 / 30 20 10 10  
LCH 77 94 76 93 / 10 20 10 20  
LFT 77 92 76 92 / 20 50 20 30  
BPT 74 94 74 94 / 0 10 10 10  
 

 
   
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
LA...NONE.  
TX...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...30  
LONG TERM....30  
AVIATION...14  
 
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