Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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FXUS64 KLIX 140836
AFDLIX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
336 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE...
.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Monday)
Issued at 307 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Southerly winds today will slooooowly bring dew pt temps into the
60s by late today. Winds will also begin to rise to around 10mph by
the start of the work week. As temps climb into the 80s over the
next several days, the continued relatively dry conditions coupled
with a light brz will keep ambient conditions feeling comfortable.
The only other element seen is fog. There is a weak signal for
radiation fog for Sunday morning. This will only be over stagnant
water areas since that will be the best available moisture.
&&
.LONG TERM...
(Monday night through Saturday)
Issued at 307 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Monday morning is showing a much better signal for fog as the low
levels decouple and dew pt temps should be well established in the
60s. Even though the best conditions for development is west of the
area, there is still an adequate radiation fog signal here or at
least the northern half of the area where it is most likely to
decouple.
There is not a lot of change with regards to the next frontal system
as it should move into east TX and stall as it feels the pull of the
next front getting organized to the north. This first front will be
supported by the upper low coming ashore the Cali coast. This upper
low will eventually buckle the subtropical jet and couple with it.
As the low opens up and moves NE, the winds go parallel to the sfc
cold front through the column. This is what will cause the front to
stall(basically no more forcing). But the sh/ts that develop from
this front will continue to move eastward away from the front but as
it approaches our area, there will be no sfc support and weakening
upper level support. This should cause the sh/ts to begin weakening
as well especially along the southern portion of this line. So, even
if there are a few sh/ts that make it here by Tue or Wed, it won`t
be much. Another strong cold front is advertised to move into the
area by the end of next week. There are spacial and temporal
differences in the global suites but they all agree on the tangible
aspects of this front, the most noteable is the thermal gradient
associated with this front. The GFS is fastest with this feature
bringing it through Sat while the Euro is slowest bringing it
through Sun. The upper support for a sfc low development will be
associated with the coupling of the polar and subtrop jets with a
sfc low developing over the west central gulf by late Sun. This is
very common with deep upper troughs, so it does seem to be
reasonable. The thing that is not, is the placement of sh/ts. The
GFS would seem to be following what would typically happen during
these scenarios, but we all know there a lot of things that don`t
always go the typical way. So we will have to see how this unfolds
through time.
&&
.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 307 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
VFR through this taf cycle.
&&
.MARINE...
Issued at 307 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2024
Southerly winds around 10kt will be established over all marine
areas today into Sunday. These winds will remain this way through
the week possibly getting up to 15-20kt from mid to late week.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 79 55 82 62 / 0 0 0 0
BTR 84 60 86 67 / 10 0 0 0
ASD 81 60 82 65 / 0 0 0 0
MSY 81 63 82 69 / 0 0 0 0
GPT 78 62 78 65 / 0 0 0 0
PQL 80 57 81 62 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...None.
GM...None.
MS...None.
GM...None.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...TE
LONG TERM....TE
AVIATION...TE
MARINE...TE