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FXUS64 KLCH 242356
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
656 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.UPDATE...

MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING
ACTIVITY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT AND WEAK FRONT MOVING ACROSS
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVITY TO LINGER A LITTLE WHILE LONGER BETWEEN
THESE TWO FEATURES IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA...SO WILL NEED ANOTHER UPDATE THIS EVENING AT SOME POINT.


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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 651 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

AVIATION...A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT HAS SET OFF SOME CONVECTION
OVER THE AREA. SOME TSTMS OVER ACADIANA WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
LFT AND ARA TERMINALS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. INCLUDED GUSTS TO
30 KNOTS AND MVFR CONDITIONS WITH THE TSTMS. OTHERWISE VFR
STRATOCU CIGS AT LFT AND ARA LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH
SATURDAY. ELSEWHERE VFR. EAST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY.

SWEENEY

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

SYNOPSIS...
A COOL DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE...MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST...RIDGES EQUATORWARD. A COLD FRONT MARKS ITS OUTER SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY...DOWN-SWINGING THROUGH DAYTONA BEACH THROUGH THE NORTHEAST
GULF OF MEXICO...BEFORE UP-SWINGING TOWARD DALLAS.

EAST OF 90W...THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS JOURNEY SOUTHWARD.
WEST OF 90W...THE FRONT WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY AND WASH OUT.

THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND.

DISCUSSION...
WEAK ADVECTIVE COOLING AND DRYING WILL BRING ABOUT A RETURN TO
NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES.

THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF
THE RETURNING BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  70  87  71  85  69 /  20  20  10  10  10
KBPT  71  86  71  84  71 /  10  20  10  10  10
KAEX  66  89  68  88  65 /  20  20  10  10  10
KLFT  69  88  69  86  68 /  20  20  10  10  10

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