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FXUS64 KLCH 281807
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1207 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
- PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING
-WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF NEXT
WEEK
- MODEST RAIN CHANCES RETURN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
SHORT TERM
(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE MID ATLANTIC ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH DRY WEATHER AND MILD CONDITIONS AREA
WIDE. COLDER TEMPERATURES REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN STATES/ GREAT
LAKES REGION BEHIND A STRONGER FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY. OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER IS NEARING THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
TONIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST WITH THE LOCAL
RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING MOISTURE. PATCHY FOG WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WEAK RIDGING ALOFT WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES
NIL AND THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES RUNNING 10 TO 15
ABOVE CLIMO NORMALS.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE
WEST COAST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS. THE
WEAK RIDGING ALOFT LOCALLY WILL BREAK DOWN AND LOW END SHOWER
CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR THE EXTENDED. NO PUSH OF A COLDER AIRMASS IS
ANTICIPATED, WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST
FORCING WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION AND THEREFORE THE HIGHEST
RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN REMOVED AS WELL.
A LARGER DISTURBANCE MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN MEXICO OF THE SW STATES
BY NEXT WEEKEND AND CUT OFF. THIS MAY PRODUCE MULTIPLE DAYS OF
DREARY AND STORMY WEATHER BEYOND THE FORECAST PERIOD.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING, HOWEVER
PATCHY FOG AND STRATUS MAY REDEVELOP TONIGHT REDUCING VIS AND
CEILINGS TOWARD SUNRISE SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SOUTHEAST
TO CALM.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
AREAS OF SEA FOG MAY REDEVELOP TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
AS MOISTURE INCREASES. WINDS WILL GENERALLY LIGHT AND ONSHORE INTO
EARLY WEEK.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP MOISTURE ELEVATED, HOWEVER
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH EARLY WEEK. HIGHER RAIN
CHANCES RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AEX 52 81 51 80 / 0 0 0 0
LCH 56 78 57 77 / 0 0 0 0
LFT 54 80 56 79 / 0 0 0 0
BPT 57 78 58 77 / 0 0 0 0
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM....05
AVIATION...05
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