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FXUS64 KLIX 250537
AFDLIX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1237 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1225 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
- PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE THIS MORNING, FOG POTENTIAL HIGHER THURSDAY
MORNING WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE.
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY,
POSSIBLY EVEN RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES.
- OUTSIDE OF SOME POSSIBLE SPRINKLES THIS 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. MSW
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1225 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
ALL TERMINALS ARE IN VFR STATUS AND FOR THE MOST PART WILL LIKELY
REMAIN IN VFR THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST. AT 5Z THE BOUNDARY
WAS ALREADY LAYING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST RUNNING NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST FROM NORTHWEST LA BETWEEN LFT AND BTR AND THROUGH GAO.
SOME VERY PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF THE FRONT WHERE
TERMINALS CLOSER TO THE FRONT MAY SEE A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN VSBYS
DUE TO BR. ANY FOG THAT DOES TRY TO DEVELOP WILL LIKELY STRUGGLE
TO OCCUR UNTIL WE CAN GET THE CURRENT MID/HIGH CLOUDS TO PUSH
SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA. THERE IS EVEN A SMALL CHANCE OF LOW
STRATUS IMPACTING THE SAME TERMINALS NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF THE
FRONT. DUE TO THAT WE ARE CARRYING TEMPO MVFR VSBYS FOR A FEW
TERMINALS AND AS LOW AS IFR CIGS FOR THE SAME TERMINALS. MCB, ASD,
AMD GPT HAVE THE LOWEST RISK OF SEEING IMPACTS. /CAB/
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. MSW
LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
GM...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...MSW
LONG TERM....MSW
AVIATION...CAB
MARINE...MSW
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