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FXUS64 KLCH 201051
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
551 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
..NEW UPDATE, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- A WARMING TREND TO CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
- HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90 ACROSS
INTERIOR SETX AND CENLA THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE, WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 548 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. IT
WILL QUICKLY BURN OFF AFTER SUNRISE, HOWEVER UNTIL THAT TIME VISIBILITY
WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 548 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
REDUCED VIS FROM FOG WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY
MORNING, HOWEVER MOST OF THE PERIOD TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL BE
VFR. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 230 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
LIGHT MAINLY S TO SW WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
LINGERS TO OUR EAST. RIDGING BUILDING IN ALOFT WILL KEEP DRY
CONDITIONS IN PLACE, WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 230 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MODERATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS LIGHT S TO
SW FLOW PREVAILS. MINRH VALUES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE LOW TO
MID 40S FOR INLAND LOCATIONS, AND FROM THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S
FOR AREAS ALONG/SOUTH OF I-10. FROM LATE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH THE
WORK WEEK, PARTS OF INTERIOR SETX AND THE CENLA PARISHES NOT
BORDERING THE ATCHAFALAYA COULD SEE MINRH VALUES FALL INTO THE 30S.
DESPITE SOME MOISTURE SLOWLY RETURNING THROUGH THE PERIOD, NO
MEASURABLE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THIS
COULD EXACERBATE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AEX 82 58 85 59 / 0 0 0 0
LCH 77 61 79 63 / 0 0 0 0
LFT 78 59 81 62 / 0 0 0 0
BPT 80 60 81 62 / 0 0 0 0
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR LAZ027>033-
044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254.
TX...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR TXZ180-201-
259>262-515-516-615-616.
GM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM....87
AVIATION...05
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