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FXUS64 KLCH 082322
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
622 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- HUMIDITY WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND
- SOME LOW END RAIN CHANCES RETURN THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER,
MANY LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. RAIN
WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED, AND SOMEWHAT HIT AND MISS.
DISCUSSION
(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1245 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
A DRY CONTINENTAL REMAINS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON WITH RHS DOWN
INTO THE MID 20S TO AROUND 40 ACROSS THE REGION, HOWEVER, MOISTURE
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE
HAS SHIFTED TO THE ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL
SLOWLY TURN THE FLOW BACK ONSHORE. THIS WILL DRIVE AN INCREASE IN
DEWPOINTS INTO THE WEEKEND.
THE MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL BE FAIRLY MEAGER WITH HIGHER MOISTURE
VALUES BEING CONFINED TO THE COASTAL WATERS AND INTO TEXAS. A FEW
SHOWERS MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST INTO SE TX BY
FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL WITH MOST
INLAND LOCATIONS REMAINING DRY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SE STATES
WITH A TROF OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS. MOISTURE WILL ADVECT
NORTH OVER TEXAS AHEAD OF THE TROF WITH A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS
POSSIBLE OVER SE TX, BUT REMAINING DRY ACROSS LA.
THE RIDGE MAY GRADUALLY ERODE FROM THE NORTHWEST BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK, HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 620 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
AN ELONGATED RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD ALONG WITH VFR CEILINGS.
JONES
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1245 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
A LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL WAX AND WANE WITH
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS AND
SEAS OCCASIONALLY BUILDING UP TO SCA CRITERIA ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS THEN RELAXING. THE PERSISTENT EAST TO ONSHORE FLOW WILL
ALSO KEEP TIDES RUNNING AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE
COAST INTO NEXT WEEK.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1245 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
MIN RHS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO UPPER 30S THIS AFTERNOON, BUT
GRADUALLY INCREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS AS THE FLOW
BECOMES MORE ONSHORE. WITH THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE
REGION, A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE,
HOWEVER DUE TO THE LOW COVERAGE VERY LITTLE RELIEF FROM DROUGHT
CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED, IF ANY AT ALL. NO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
IS FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GMZ452-455-472-
475.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...05
AVIATION...66
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