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FXUS64 KLCH 281146
AFDLCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
646 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014

.AVIATION...
STORMS OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA ARE SAGGING SOUTH AT THIS TIME.
STORMS LOOK TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING.
OTHERWISE...VFR FLIGHT RULES THOUGH THE NOON HOUR.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014/

DISCUSSION...
SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUING OVER THE GULF
STATES...WITH A COOL FRONT APPROACHING THE RED RIVER VALLEY ACROSS
N TX/S OK. TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S THIS MORNING...PRETTY MUCH
WHAT TO EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THE COOL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TODAY AS THE LARGE
TROF OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. CONTINUES TO DEEPEN. THE
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH INLAND SE TX/C LA LATER THIS EVENING...AND
REACH THE COAST LATE TUE MORNING. ALONG AN AHEAD OF THE FRONT...INCREASED
MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL INCREASE CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON
AROUND MAX HEATING...AND CONTINUED HIGHER POPS ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT THIS EVENING INTO TUE MORNING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SE
TX/S LA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA INLAND EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY TUE NIGHT INTO
THU...ALTHOUGH STAYING ELEVATED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AS THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY AND REMAINS A FOCUS
FOR CONVECTION TO FORM. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO
BE DOMINATED BY A LARGE TROF OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. THE
NEXT PERTURBATION ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH
INCREASED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES FOR FRI AS IT INDUCES A WEAK FRONTAL
WAVE ALONG OUR OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE N GULF. SLIGHTLY
ELEVATED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES REMAIN FOR SAT...BUT SHOULD DECREASE
BY SUN AS THE MOISTURE DIMINISHES WITH THE DECAYING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.

DML

MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS THE GULF WATERS WILL MAINTAIN A
LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW TODAY. A WEAK COOL FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
ADVANCE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF ON TUESDAY AND STALL...BRINGING
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT BACK
NORTHWARD LATE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY...ONLY TO BE DRIVEN BACK
SOUTH BY THE WEEKEND. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AROUND 10 KNOTS OR
LESS...BUT WILL BE A BIT VARIABLE IN DIRECTION PENDING THE
POSITION OF THE FRONT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  93  76  91  74  90 /  20  40  40  20  20
KBPT  94  76  92  76  90 /  20  30  40  20  30
KAEX  93  71  91  69  89 /  30  30  20  10  10
KLFT  93  75  90  72  90 /  30  40  30  20  10

&&

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