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FXUS64 KLCH 131716
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1216 PM CDT MON APR 13 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S FOR A MAJORITY
OF THE AREA, WITH SOME LOW 90S POSSIBLE.
-NEXT GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMES IN NEXT
WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 1230 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026
AS OF 1230CDT, ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE STILL PRESENT ON RADAR, HOWEVER
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OVER THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
IN SOME AREAS, WE COULD SEE PATCHY TO DENSE FOG WHICH WILL MAINLY BE
DEPENDENT ON WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT.
A MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE A WASH, RINSE, REPEAT WITH
NO RINSING OR WASHING BECAUSE RAIN DOES NOT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
APPEARANCE INTO THE FORECAST UNTIL SATURDAY. OVER THE WORK WEEK, A
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFF TO THE EAST WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHERLY FLOW
AND THE STREAM OF GULF MOISTURE. ALOFT, AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE
WILL ASSIST IN KEEPING THE AREA NEARLY RAIN FREE AND PLENTY WARM.
FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE WORK WEEK, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
LOWER TO MID 80S, WITH MID TO UPPER 80S (AND POSSIBLY LOW 90S) IN
STORE FOR US FROM THE MID WEEK PERIOD. OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE
WARM AND HUMID, WITH LOW TEMPS FORECAST TO GENERALLY BE IN THE MID
TO UPPER 60S.
THIS WEEKEND WILL BE OUR NEXT SHOT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT COULD BRING A
TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WITH TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT BACK IN
THE CLIMO NORMALS RANGE.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1214 PM CDT MON APR 13 2026
SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUD DECK AROUND 3000FT WILL CONTINUE TO
STREAM ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON, ALLOWING SOME SITES TO
OCCASIONALLY WAFFLE BETWEEN VFR AND MVFR. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND
10KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 20KTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS WELL. THIS EVENING/TONIGHT, WINDS LIGHTEN
SLIGHTLY WHILE CEILINGS BECOME VFR AREAWIDE. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, INCREASING THEREAFTER WITH MORE
GUSTS EXPECTED.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1230 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL MAINTAIN EAST TO BRISK
SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
WITH SEAS REMAINING CONSISTENTLY BETWEEN 2-3 FEET OVER THE NEARSHORE
COASTAL WATERS AND 3-5 FEET OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1230 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON
TO EVENING HOURS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL INCREASE AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE TRANSPORTED IN FROM THE
GULF. LITTLE TO NO CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ARE LIKELY DURING THE WORK
WEEK, HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES INCREASE THIS WEEKEND WITH AN INCOMING
COLD FRONT.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...87
AVIATION...17
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