Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
985 FZUS54 KLCH 120819 CWFLCH Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 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. GMZ400-122115- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Light offshore flow will prevail today through Friday in the wake of a weak frontal boundary now oriented just offshore. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible in the vicinity of the boundary this morning with storms moving inland by this afternoon in response to seabreeze development. Little additional precipitation is expected Thursday or Friday. Precipitation chances increase significantly Sunday through mid next week as a weak tropical wave moves across the central Gulf of Mexico. Both onshore winds and seas will increase in response to this wave with winds increasing to around 20 knots by Monday and seas increasing to between 5 and 7 feet. $$ GMZ430-122115- Sabine Lake- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...East winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms late this morning and early afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast around 5 knots after midnight. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .SATURDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Lake waters light chop. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ432-122115- Calcasieu Lake- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms this morning. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...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...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast around 5 knots after midnight. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. 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...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Lake waters choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast 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. $$ GMZ435-122115- Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming south late. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms this morning. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds around 5 knots, becoming north after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ436-122115- Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast around 5 knots this afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms this morning. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming north after midnight. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest 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 southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. 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...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 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. $$ GMZ450-122115- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast late. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until late afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ452-122115- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast late. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until late afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 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. 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 7 seconds. .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 and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 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...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast 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. $$ GMZ455-122115- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast late. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast around 5 knots after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 2 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ470-122115- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...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 until late afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds, becoming northeast 2 feet 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 in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and east 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming southeast 1 foot at 7 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ472-122115- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until late afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 8 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and east 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ475-122115- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM- 319 AM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024 .TODAY...Northeast 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 this morning, then a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. 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 around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. 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...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Showers 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. $$