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FXUS64 KLCH 192353
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
653 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- NO RAIN ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE COMING WEEK WITH COOL MORNINGS AND
WARM AFTERNOONS EACH DAY.
- FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE WEEK WITH CONTINUED
ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH LOW RH VALUES IN THE
20S AND 30S PERCENT RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON.
- WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ELEVATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS.
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 1255 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A DRY CONTINENTAL AIRMASS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST. THE COLD FRONT THAT PASSED A FEW DAYS AGO HAS STALLED
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF AND CUBA. A RIDGE ALOFT IS OVER NORTHERN
MEXICO INTO THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS.
WHILE DEWPOINTS MAY CREEP UP A BIT INTO TUESDAY, DRYER AIR WILL
WORK BACK IN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. WITH THE DRY AIRMASS
AND THE RIDGE ALOFT IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEK AND WEEKEND NO RAIN
IS ANTICIPATED. MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL WHILE AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE
CLIMO AVERAGES.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 627 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THIS
EVENING. LIGHT NE WINDS LIKELY TO PREVAIL BUT MAY BECOME CALM OR
VARIABLE FOR PERIODS OF TIME DURING THE NOCTURNAL HOURS. WINDS
WILLPICK UP 5-10KTS, REMAINING NE INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS OF TUESDAY
WITH CLEAR WEATHER.
30
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1255 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
INTO MID WEEK. WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE GULF WATERS
THROUGH MID DAY TOMORROW AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THEREAFTER.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1255 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
LOW DEWPOINTS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
THE WEEK. MIN RHS WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER TUESDAY, HOWEVER RH VALUES
WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 20S TO MID 30S WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO RAIN IS FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GMZ472-
475.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...05
AVIATION...30
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