Area Forecast Discussion
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
404 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE...

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Friday night)
Issued at 336 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Some light reflectivity showing up on area radars in association
with a weak shortwave working across the region this afternoon.
Area web cams and observations give reason to think that most, if
not all, of this activity is virga. Expect this moisture and the
increased cloud cover to continue to work east of the area through
the evening with skies clearing overnight.

High pressure becomes centered over the region tomorrow with weak
ridging aloft yielding clear skies, light northerly flow and
afternoon highs in the lower 70s. The high slides east of the
region Thursday night turning winds back out of the south Friday
allowing dewpoints to gradually climb back into the upper 50s by
Friday night.

Jones

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday through next Tuesday)
Issued at 336 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Saturday through Tuesday features a large and expansive H5 ridge
with an elongated SFC high across the GoM. This will allow for a
rather abrupt warmup into the weekend and early next week. Highs by
the weekend/early next week could climb into the middle/upper 80s
with light to moderate onshore flow.

While confidence is marginal at this time, odds are increasing that
a positively tilted trof swings through with a cold front sliding
across the region Tuesday into Wednesday. Thereafter, dry weather
returns.

78

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1228 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Breezy North to North Northeasterly winds will continue through
the afternoon due to the taut pressure gradient between a cold
front along the East coast and High pressure building south across
the southern plains. VFR conditions will prevail through the
period with SCT to BKN high clouds continuing to stream across the
region through evening as a weak shortwave transits the region
before clearing early Thursday morning.

Jones

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 336 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Offshore flow will continue to relax tonight into tomorrow before
turning back onshore tomorrow night as high pressure departs to
the east. Light to moderate onshore flow will then continue until
the passage of a cold front mid next week.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  41  71  44  76 /   0   0   0   0
LCH  45  73  50  75 /  10   0   0   0
LFT  47  72  48  76 /  10   0   0   0
BPT  49  75  54  77 /  10   0   0   0

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...66
LONG TERM....78
AVIATION...66


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