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FXUS64 KLIX 240430 AAB
AFDLIX

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1130 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Sunday night)
Issued at 244 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Like the last several days near-term, really not much to talk about
in this portion of the forecast. An upper level ridge centered just
west of the Bay of Campeche will continue to be expanded northeast
across the Gulf States. This will maintain hot temps and little to
no rainfall. A weak disturbance passing across the northern
periphery of the ridge may allow a few isolated showers across the
CWA from now through Saturday night but impacts will be minimal at
best. Temperatures will creep up a couple more degrees Friday and
Saturday the upper ridge nearby strengthens and temporarily expands
farther northeast. A few locations could approach record highs this
weekend. At the moment, it doesn`t appear that dewpoints will be
high enough to support heat indicies at heat advisory criteria, but
most of the CWA will probably be in the 100-103 degree range.

MEFFER

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Sunday through Wednesday night)
Issued at 244 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

The hot temperatures continue through Monday with temperatures in
the low to mid 90s. Most locations will be just a little below
records with perhaps Slidell or New Orleans potentially
threatening the record (95 and 94 in 2012, respectively). It just
falls a bit short of heat advisory criteria due to lower humidity
values, but heat indices will still reach in the 100-104 range at
peak heating. A shortwave does and a surface frontal boundary
passes through the area late Tuesday into Wednesday which brings
some low chances of showers and storms. There will be a small
reprieve with more cloud cover helping dampen the high
temperatures slightly, as well as drier air filtering through the
area but temps will still be in the upper 80s/low 90s. -BL

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1127 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

VFR conditions for most of this TAF cycle. MCB may experience MVFR
VIS/CIG over the next few hours around sunrise. Otherwise, a few
brief drops to MVFR CIGs will be possible respectively, but still
lack confidence in placing BKN skies below 3kft or adding TEMPO
groups at this juncture. Regardless, after sunrise conditions will
again remain mostly VFR. Winds will remain light generally 10kt
or less out of the south. (Frye)

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 244 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

Surface high pressure centered northeast of the local area will
slowly shift from just off the Carolinas to east of the Bahamas.
This change in positioning will keep onshore flow in place with a
gradual shift in wind direction from southeast to due south. The
pressure gradient will generally support wind speeds around 10 knots
with occasional periods of speeds closer to 15 knots through this
weekend. Global models suggest that a cold front will approach the
coastal waters from the north early next week. Fairly typical for
this time if year, it will be less likely for the boundary to pass
completely through the CWA, but more likely stall and washout as it
reaches the coast.

MEFFER

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  88  70  91  71 /  10  10   0   0
BTR  93  75  94  76 /  10  10   0   0
ASD  90  74  92  74 /  10   0   0   0
MSY  90  77  91  77 /  10   0   0   0
GPT  86  74  88  76 /  10  10   0   0
PQL  89  72  90  73 /   0  10  10   0

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...None.
GM...None.
MS...None.
GM...None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...ME
LONG TERM....BL
AVIATION...RDF
MARINE...ME