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FXUS64 KLCH 181955
AFDLCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
255 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS OVER THE
LOWER MS VALLEY. THIS...COUPLED WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
ACROSS C AND SC LA...ISO/SCT SHRA/TSRA CONTINUES OVER THIS REGION.
THE CONTINUATION OF 20-30% OF SHRA/TSRA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON IS WARRANTED.

AFTER THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE TROF AXIS MOVES FURTHER
EAST...THE SHRA/TSRA IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. LOWS
EXPECTED RANGE IN THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60.

THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. WILL
MAINLY BYPASS OUR REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT
WILL HOLD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THUS...SLOWLY MODERATING
TEMPS BACK TO NORMAL WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EXPECTED THIS
EASTER WEEKEND.

THE MIDWEST TROF DIGGING FURTHER SOUTH MON & TUE MAY ALLOW FOR A
WEAK FRONT TO MOVE THRU THE REGION MON NIGHT INTO TUE WHICH MAY
SCURRY UP ISO SHRA/TSRA. HOWEVER...THIS FRONT EXPECTED TO WASH OUT
ANYWAY WITH NO COOLING TEMPS BEHIND IT. SO...LOWS IN THE
LOWER/MID 60S AND HIGHS NEAR 80/LOWER 80S LIKELY FOR NEXT WEEK.

DML

&&

.MARINE...
LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ON
THE BACKSIDE OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF
OF MEXICO. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE SATURDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  57  78  58  80  61 /  10  10  10  10  10
KBPT  60  78  60  79  63 /  10  10  10  10  10
KAEX  55  79  57  80  60 /  10  10  10  10  10
KLFT  58  79  59  81  61 /  10  10  10  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

$$