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FXUS64 KLCH 070510
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1210 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- A WEAKNESS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED MAINLY
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
- SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BRIEFLY BUILDS BACK IN.
- A WEAKNESS REDEVELOPS OVER THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH DEEPER
TROPICAL LIKE MOISTURE HELPING TO INCREASE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
- TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON MAX APPARENT
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DAILY WITH THE HEAT
RISK AT MODERATE LEVEL (2 OUT OF 4.)
DISCUSSION
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
THE REGION IS BETWEEN AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
A RIDGE OVER THE SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC. WEAK RIDGING AT THE SURFACE
STRETCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. A WEAKNESS ALOFT BETWEEN THE
AFOREMENTIONED RIDGES IS ALLOWING FOR A GOOD SCATTERING OF
AFTERNOON CONVECTION WITH SOME NOCTURNAL MARINE CONVECTION. AMPLE
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM IN WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW AROUND THE
SURFACE RIDGE.
THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY, HOWEVER A RIDGE
ALOFT MAY BRIEFLY BUILD OVERHEAD FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
THIS MAY CAUSE LOWER POPS THURSDAY.
THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BUILD NORTH BY THE
WEEKEND WHILE A WEAKNESS REDEVELOPS LOCALLY. POPS WILL ONCE AGAIN
INCREASE WITH DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES FOR THE PERIOD WILL BE A FEW DEGREES OF CLIMATE
NORMALS WITH MAX AFTERNOON APPARENT TEMPS IN THE 100 TO 106 RANGE.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD, HOWEVER
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEFLY LOWER VIS AND
CEILINGS TUESDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN STRETCHED FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THE
NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP A LIGHT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE. A WEAKNESS ALOFT WILL ALSO ALLOW SHOWERS
AND STORMS INTO MID WEEK, AND AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SCATTERED DIURNAL
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM A
WEAKNESS ALOFT.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...05
AVIATION...05
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