131
FXUS64 KLIX 241738
AFDLIX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1238 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1156 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
- PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY,
POSSIBLY EVEN RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES.
- OUTSIDE OF SOME POSSIBLE SPRINKLES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NO RAIN
IN THE FORECAST.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1156 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH TOMORROW. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO BE A MOSTLY DRY FRONT WITH A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. POPS ARE GENERALLY BELOW 15% FOR MOST OF THE
REGION. APART FROM THAT, THE SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL BE DRY
OVERALL WITH LITTLE TO NO APPRECIABLE RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE MUCH WARMER THAN AVERAGE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER 80S FRIDAY.
GENERALLY, A WARM, BUT DRY FORECAST.
SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING, LOOKING
AT THE MODELS. THERE WILL BE PATCHES OF FOG, BUT IT SHOULD
GENERALLY STAY ABOVE 1SM VISIBILITY, SO A DENSE FOG ADVISORY WAS
NOT ISSUED. MSW
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 1156 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY, HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA, AS
CONDITIONS REMAIN DRY OVERALL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD WITH
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND MUCH LESS HUMID ON THE BACKSIDE
OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1156 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT ALL AREA AIRPORTS. IFR TO LIFR
CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE AT ALL AREA AIRPORTS FOR A FEW HOURS
AT DAYBREAK TOMORROW DUE TO PATCHY DENSE FOG. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. MSW
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1156 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
THE WEAK FRONT CONTINUES TO DRIFT SOUTH AND SHOULD EVENTUALLY STALL
NEAR THE COAST. WITH THAT WE WILL SEE GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOMORROW AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES A
LITTLE MORE ESTABLISHED TO THE NORTHEAST WE WILL SEE RETURN FLOW SET
BACK UP OVER THE REGION. EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WORK WEEK WITH THE NEXT FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION LATE
FRIDAY/EARLY THIS WEEKEND.
LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
GM...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...MSW
LONG TERM....MSW
AVIATION...MSW
MARINE...MSW
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page