Area Forecast Discussion
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
320 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE IS CONTINUING TO BUILD INTO THE REGION
FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH THE UPPER LVLS THIS MORNING, ALTHOUGH A
FEW NOCTURNAL SHOWERS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE COAST
ALONG THE LAND BREEZE. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL
BECOME MORE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ONLY A FEW ISOLD STORMS EXPECTED AND
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE RIDGE IN PLACE, HEAT INDICES
WILL RUN FROM 100 TO AROUND 105 DURING THE AFTERNOONS.

BY MONDAY THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AND SHIFT WEST AS A
TROUGH DIGS INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. MONDAY IS STILL
EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY DRY ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE BEST RAIN
CHANCES NORTH OF THE AREA, HOWEVER BY TUE A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
CENLA INCREASING POPS. PWAT VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND
2.3" WHILE A SURFACE BOUNDARY IS IN PLACE AND WHILE MULTIPLE
SHORTWAVES ROUND THE BASE OF THE LARGER TROUGH. THIS WILL LEAD TO
MULTIPLE DAYS OF SCATTERED TO POTENTIALLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
AT TIMES TUE INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.


&&

.MARINE...THE BERMUDA RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST
TODAY TURNING THE FLOW ONSHORE. THE LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE COAST BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK INCREASING RAIN
CHANCES AND PERHAPS RETURNING THE OFFSHORE FLOW.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  93  76  92  78  93 /  20  10  20  10  20
KBPT  94  75  92  77  92 /  20  10  20  10  20
KAEX  94  73  95  75  95 /  10  10  10  10  10
KLFT  92  75  92  76  92 /  30  10  20  10  20

&&

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

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