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FXUS64 KLCH 180836
AFDLCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
336 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM RIDGES WESTWARD THROUGH NORTH
FLORIDA TO ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

FURTHER WEST...A STATIONARY FRONT/DRY LINE EXTENDS MERIDIONALLY
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS FROM THE DAKOTAS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

FURTHER-UP...A TROUGH IN THE MIDLATITUDE WESTERLIES EXTENDS ACROSS
THE GREAT BASIN.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THE WARM SIDE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
STEER CARIBBEAN AIR INTO THE WESTERN GULF COAST STATES.

THE MORNING MARINE STRATUS WILL FRAGMENT INTO FAIR-WEATHER CUMULUS
BY MIDMORNING. THE PREVIOUS VISIBLE IMAGERY REVEALED A POSSIBLE
SEA BREEZE (OR MARINE PUSH) STARTING IN THE MID AFTERNOON. SKIES
RAPIDLY CLEARED GULFWARD OF THE ONSHORING SEA BREEZE FRONT.

OTHERWISE...THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING A FEW
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID MAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PINEY
HILLS AND LAKES REGIONS. THE AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL BE RUNNING
ABOVE NORMAL AS WELL.

&&

.MARINE...
THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL BE RUNNING FROM 1/2 TO 1 FOOT ABOVE THE TIDE
TABLE VALUES. WIND WAVES WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH A PERIOD
AROUND 5 SECONDS.

&&

.OUTLOOK...
THE SOUTHERLY SEGMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED MIDLATITUDE WESTERLY
TROUGH WILL PROPAGATE EAST...ENTERING SOUTHEAST TEXAS/WESTERN
LOUISIANA ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE EXITING INTO MISSISSIPPI ON THURSDAY.
THE TRAVELING TROUGH WILL BRING ABOUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

THE AFOREMENTIONED STATIONARY FRONT WILL BEGIN ITS EASTWARD JOURNEY
ON WEDNESDAY. THE SUBSEQUENT COLD FRONT WILL COME TO A HALT ACROSS
THE I-10 CORRIDOR BY EARLY MORNING THURSDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  83  70  83  72  83 /  10  10  10  10  10
KBPT  84  71  81  73  82 /  10  10  10  10  10
KAEX  90  68  88  71  89 /  10  10  10  10  10
KLFT  86  71  84  72  85 /  10  10  10  10  10

&&

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