Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
037 FZUS54 KLCH 110130 AAA CWFLCH Coastal Waters Forecast...UPDATED National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 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. GMZ400-111415- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Moderate offshore flow is expected tonight into early Saturday. Onshore flow will return tomorrow night into Sunday as the surface high pressure moves off to the east. Precipitation chances will also increase again Sunday and Monday as a series of upper level disturbances move across the area. $$ GMZ430-111415- Sabine Lake- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Lake waters choppy. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Lake waters choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Lake waters rough. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Lake waters very rough. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Lake waters choppy. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming west 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Lake waters choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Lake waters light chop. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ432-111415- Calcasieu Lake- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots late this evening and overnight. Lake waters choppy. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots in the morning. Lake waters choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Lake waters rough. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Lake waters very rough. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Lake waters rough. Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Lake waters choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Lake waters light chop. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters light chop. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY 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. $$ GMZ435-111415- Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots late. Bay waters choppy. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters rough. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. Thunderstorms likely. Showers likely. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Bay waters light chop. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ436-111415- Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters light chop. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay waters light chop. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay waters light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Bay waters light chop. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters light chop. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay 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. $$ GMZ450-111415- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 4 seconds and south 2 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. .TUESDAY...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ452-111415- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 4 seconds and south 2 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming southeast 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY 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. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ455-111415- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 3 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 3 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Thunderstorms likely. Showers likely. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY 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. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ470-111415- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ472-111415- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .TUESDAY...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ475-111415- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM- 830 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: North 3 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds and southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$