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FXUS64 KLCH 022318
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- TD EDOUARD CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVE UP ETX.
- IN THE WAKE EDOUARD, A BROAD WEAKNESS IN THE MID LEVELS WILL
REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE, KEEPING DECENT CHANCES FOR DAILY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AMID TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT.
- WHILE HIGHS GRADUALLY RECOVER TO THE MID 90S THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WEEK, AN UNSETTLED MOISTURE PATTERN WILL ALLOW A FEW
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING TO REMAIN POSSIBLE.
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 124 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT SLOWLY MOVES
UP EASTERN TX. NEVERTHELESS, IT CONTINUED TO POSE A SIGNIFICANT
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TO THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPROVE AS SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS TX HAVE BEGUN TO
LIGHTEN UP, HOWEVER SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STILL STREAMING UP ACROSS
THE CWA. PARTICULARLY A FEW BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING
THROUGH THE ACADIANA REGION THROUGH CENLA.
GOING THROUGH THE END OF THIS WORK WEEK, THE WET PATTERN WILL
PERSIST AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE GULF AND A
MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. A RIDGE ALOFT WILL EXPAND
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST, HOWEVER IT CURVES NORTH
OF THE CWA. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR SOUTH IT EXTENDS, WE COULD SEE
CONDITIONS DRY OUT VERY SLIGHTLY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
RETURNING.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 615 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
LIGHT MAINLY SE WINDS AND BROKEN TO OVERCAST CEILINGS WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS THIS
EVENING WILL LARGELY DISSIPATED OVERNIGHT, WITH VFR CIGS THEN
PREVAILING THROUGH TOMORROW. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID/LATE MORNING TOMORROW ACROSS
BPT/LCH, EXPANDING EASTWARD BY MIDDAY. COVERAGE SHOULD BE FAIRLY
SCATTERED.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 124 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
WITH TD EDOUARD FAR ENOUGH INLAND, WINDS AND SEAS HAVE COME DOWN.
EXPECT A MODEST ONSHORE FLOW AROUND 7-15 KTS, CHANCES OF SCATTERED
CONVECTION, AND SEAS 1 TO 2 FT OF CONVECTION.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 124 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
DESPITE RAINFALL FROM TD EDOUARD, PARTS OF THE AREA REMAIN IN A
DROUGHT. RECENT RAIN AND EXPECTED RAIN FROM THIS WEEK LIKELY TO HELP
OUT. WITH EXCEPTION TO PARTS OF SETX AND THE COAST, KBDIS WILL RANGE
FROM 600 TO 750 WITH MINRHS IN THE MID 40S TO 60S, AND MOSTLY LIGHT
WINDS.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ180-201-261-262-
515-516-615-616.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...87
AVIATION...17
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