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FXUS64 KLCH 022323
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
523 PM CST MON MAR 2 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- PERIODS OF PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS
AHEAD OF STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE MID-WEEK.
- WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
- MODEST RAIN CHANCES RETURN BY MID WEEK WITH AN UNSETTLED WET
PATTERN TRENDING INTO THIS WEEKEND
SHORT TERM
(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST MON MAR 2 2026
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WARM AND HUMID ONSHORE FLOW IS ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION
AROUND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE RIDGE. A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS REMAINS
LOCKED IN PLACE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
ALOFT, RIDGING EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN MEXICO ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS
INTO LA. A DISTURBANCE IS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.
MILD TEMPERATURES AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TONIGHT
WITH PATCHY FOG ONCE AGAIN FORECAST. A LUNAR ECLIPSE WILL OCCUR BY
EARLY MORNING TUESDAY, HOWEVER THICKER FOG AND A FEW CLOUDS MAY
PREVENT CLEAR VIEWING AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE ECLIPSE WILL END
JUST PRIOR TO SUNRISE AS THE MOON SETS. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB
BACK TO NEAR RECORD HIGHS TUESDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS THE
ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTS. TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ERODING THE UPPER RIDGE.
MODEST RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN AS THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN, HOWEVER
NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED, IF ANY.
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST MON MAR 2 2026
A FEW SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DURING THE
AFTERNOONS, HOWEVER HIGHER RAIN CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE
WEEKEND. A UPPER LOW MAY CUT OFF NEAR THE BAJA PENINSULA WHILE A COLD
FRONT DRIFTS DOWN INTO CENTRAL TX AN NORTH LA. WHILE THE PRECIP MAY
BE REMOVED FROM THE LOCAL AREA, AMPLE MOISTURE WILL STILL STREAM
ACROSS THE REGION FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. DREARY SKIES AND HIGHER RAIN
CHANCES ARE ANTICIPATED UNTIL THE UPPER LOW KICKS OUT WHICH MAY NOT
OCCUR UNTIL EARLY OR MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 519 PM CST MON MAR 2 2026
VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL FOR THE REST OF THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING HOURS BEFORE THEY DROP AGAIN AS A RESULT OF FOG AND LOW
CIGS. WHATEVER FORMS WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE, ALONG
WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING IN THE LATE MORNING TO AFTERNOON
HOURS.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST MON MAR 2 2026
A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE WEEK AS WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1200 PM CST MON MAR 2 2026
A HUMID ONSHORE FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEK. A FEW
SHOWERS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY, HOWEVER LITTLE IF
ANY ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. PATCHY FOG IS FORECAST AGAIN
TUESDAY MORNING,M HOWEVER FOG DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY MAY BE
SUPPRESSED BY CLOUD COVER.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AEX 56 82 63 84 / 0 0 0 30
LCH 60 79 65 81 / 0 0 0 20
LFT 59 80 65 81 / 0 0 0 30
BPT 61 79 65 81 / 0 10 0 10
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM....05
AVIATION...87
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