Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
346 FXUS64 KLCH 251328 AFDLCH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 728 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... - A few morning showers will shift to the south and east with warm afternoon highs near 80 F as conditions clear. - A cold front will move through later today bringing drier and seasonably cool conditions for Thanksgiving. - Rain returns to the forecast this weekend with an approaching disturbance from the west. && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Thursday night) Issued at 723 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025 A cold front is currently stretched from South Texas across Deep East Texas and into Arkansans. Behind the front a cooler and drier air mass is moving southeast. A tornado watch is in effect for a portion of the local area as the cold front moves through. Enough instability exist along and ahead of the boundary in the warm sector for an isolated tornado or two, but as the boundary moves east conditions will become less conducive. Showers and thunderstorm chances will decrease across SE TX by sunrise, however convection will be possible across Acadiana into Tuesday afternoon. The cold front will exit south and east late this morning through early afternoon, however high temps will still top out in the upper 70s to low 80s. CAA will push temperatures down around 10 degrees by Wednesday and even slightly below climo normals by Thanksgiving. Thursday`s weather looks dry and cool with highs in the 60s. Winds will be northeast at 5-10 mph. && .LONG TERM... (Friday through Tuesday) Issued at 723 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025 High pressure will move east of the Mississippi Vally by early Friday which will begin the warming/moistening trend that will linger through the weekend. Low pressure will move into the southern plains by Saturday ahead of an approaching upper low over the Rockies. This will farther increase the onshore flow. Moisture and rain chances will increase farther by Sunday as a weak coastal low moves along the northern gulf coast. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 723 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025 Areas of MVFR tempo to IFR ceilings are occurring this morning and will gradually mix out as the frontal boundary entrains drier air from the north. VFR conditions likely to remain persistent in the afternoon and early evening across all TAF sites. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 77 50 64 36 / 20 0 0 0 LCH 81 54 69 42 / 30 0 0 0 LFT 81 54 69 39 / 50 0 0 0 BPT 82 53 70 43 / 20 0 0 0 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...None. TX...None. GM...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...05 LONG TERM....05 AVIATION...30