708
FXUS64 KLCH 190014
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
714 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
- HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES NEGLIGIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.
- VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH AFTERNOON
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 102 AND
112F. A HEAT ADVISORY OR WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY DURING
THE AFTERNOONS THROUGH BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 713 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2026
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER
PATTERN.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1228 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2026
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL RESULT IN
GENERALLY LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT
WEEK, WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 5-12 KT AND SEAS OF 1-2 FT. RAIN
CHANCES WILL BE VERY LOW TO NEAR ZERO THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN ALOFT.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1228 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2026
HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL KEEP WINDS
LIGHT OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH NEXT
WEEK, WHILE A BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT COMBINED WITH A RELATIVELY DRY
AIRMASS WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES NEARLY ZERO THROUGH MIDWEEK. WITH THE
DRIER AIRMASS, AFTERNOON RH MINIMA WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50
PERCENT RANGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH VALUES BELOW 40 PERCENT
POSSIBLE FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST TX AND CENTRAL LA EACH AFTERNOON
STARTING MONDAY. THAT BEING SAID, LIGHT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD PRECLUDE
ANY SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...64
AVIATION...11
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