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FXUS64 KLCH 271659
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1159 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- TYPICAL SUMMER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK
WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE 100-106 F RANGE. PROLONGED HEAT STRESS
IS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE OUTDOORS DAILY.
- SAHARAN DUST WILL WORK INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST OF
NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN HAZE AND POOR AIR QUALITY.
- UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK
TO THE AREA IN THE EARLY MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS ONGOING AT THIS HOUR IN COMPARISON TO LAST
NIGHT. I'LL INCLUDE A SNIPPET FROM MY DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT: "RAP
ANALYSIS PLACES A WIDE BERTHING UPPER HIGH RIDGE SPANNING THE
ENTIRE SOUTH-CENTRAL CONUS. CLOSER TO THE SURFACE, A SFC HIGH
RIDGE EXPANDS OUTWARDS FROM FLORIDA, THE CREST OF ITS WESTERN
EXTENT SITUATED OVERTOP EAST TEXAS AND WEST LOUISIANA. THIS SFC
FEATURE KEEPS A SOUTHERLY WIND WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE HELPS TO KEEP
THE AREA CAPPED; THE FORECAST IS NIL OF RAIN CHANCES AND
ULTIMATELY, HOT. DRY DUST CAN BE SEEN IN THE REGION AS A GREENISH
HAZE ON DAY CLOUD IMAGERY; IT DOESN'T SHOW UP SO WELL ON NIGHT
TIME IMAGERY, BUT WE KNOW IT'S THERE!"
HOT AND DRY WILL BE THE TALK OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AS UPPER HIGH DOES REMAIN OVERHEAD FOR THE MOST PART.
DAYTIME HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 106F RANGE CAN BE ANTICIPATED
AS WELL.
UPPER HIGH COMPRESSES AND SLIDES NORTH ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL US. THIS FEATURE WILL ACT
TO LIFT HIGH OFF OF OUR REGION WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE RETURN
OF RAIN CHANCES BY AROUND TUESDAY.
11/CALHOUN
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1158 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2026
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THE PERIOD, HOWEVER
BRIEF MVFR CEILINGS AROUND 3KFT WILL OCCUR WITH THE DEVELOPING CU
FIELD THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE SOUTH TO SW.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 656 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2026
VFR EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH GENERALLY LIGHT
SOUTH WINDS THAT WILL BECOME A LITTLE GUSTY AT KLCH AND KBPT
BEFORE EASING EARLY EVENING.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL KEEP RAIN
CHANCES TO A MINIMUM UNTIL THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 1158 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
WITH THE NEXT MENTIONS OF PRECIPITATION RETURNING TO THE FORECAST
ON TUESDAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES EACH AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM
40 TO 60 PERCENT.
LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...11
AVIATION...05
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