Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
735 FZUS54 KLCH 112005 CWFLCH Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 Coastal waters from the Lower Atchafalaya River LA to High Island TX out 60 nautical miles including Sabine and Calcasieu Lakes and Vermilion and Cote Blanche Bays Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest one third of the waves, along with the occasional height of the average highest ten percent of the waves. GMZ400-120830- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Expect a light northerly flow to develop as a weak frontal boundary slips south tonight and Wednesday. The front is forecast to meander over the coastal waters for the next couple of days and dissipate. Expect southerly flow to develop by Friday, and remain for the remainder of the weekend into early next week. $$ GMZ430-120830- Sabine Lake- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest around 5 knots after midnight. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots after midnight. Lake waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Lake waters light chop. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ432-120830- Calcasieu Lake- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast late. Lake waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots after midnight. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Lake waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Lake waters light chop. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Lake waters choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Lake waters choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ435-120830- Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots this evening, becoming light and variable, then becoming northeast around 5 knots late. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast around 5 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming east around 5 knots after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ436-120830- Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...Light and variable winds, becoming northeast around 5 knots late. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south around 5 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest around 5 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming north after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east around 5 knots after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ450-120830- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming east after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ452-120830- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 2 seconds, becoming northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ455-120830- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...Light and variable winds, becoming east around 5 knots late. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast around 5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast around 5 knots after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less, then 1 to 2 feet in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ470-120830- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet, building to 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet in the afternoon. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ472-120830- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this evening and early morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet in the afternoon. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ475-120830- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM- 305 PM CDT Tue Jun 11 2024 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds. A chance of showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet in the afternoon. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$