Major Winter Storm in the North-Central U.S.; Severe Weather from the Mid-South to Ohio Valley

A major winter storm will bring a swath of heavy snowfall, strong winds, blizzard conditions and freezing rain to the Northern Plains into the Great Lakes region. A line of storms will be capable of producing widespread damaging winds, tornadoes, and some large hail from the Mid-south to the Ohio Valley and the Southeast. Critical fire weather concerns shift to the southern Rockies and Plains. Read More >

Observations and Forecasts

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Latest Observations
Land Stations		Marine Stations
Lake Charles - south	Lake Charles - east	Galveston Bay North Jetty	High Island Block 179A
Carlyss	Jennings	Buoy 42035	Sea Rim State Park
Abbeville	Lafayette	Texas Point	Sabine Pass North
New Iberia	Burns Point	Port Arthur	Sabine Pass Block 13B
Patterson	Nederland	Calcasieu Pass	Fresh Water Canal Locks
Orange	Beaumont	Marsh Island	South Marsh Block 268A
	Galveston	Amerada Pass	Berwick Tesoro Terminal
		Galveston Pier 21	Rollover Pass
		West Cameron Block 368A	East Cameron Block 278B
		Vermilion Block 331A

Text forecasts issued by NWS Lake Charles		Text forecasts issued by neighboring NWS offices
Sabine Lake		Galveston Bay
Calcasieu Lake		High Island, TX to Freeport, TX out to 20 NM
Vermilion Bay		High Island, TX to Freeport, TX 20 to 60 NM
Cameron, LA to High Island, TX out to 20 NM		Port Fourchon, LA to Lower Atchafalaya River, LA out to 20 NM
Cameron, LA to High Island, TX 20 to 60 NM		Port Fourchon, LA to Lower Atchafalaya River, LA 20 to 60 NM
Intracoastal City, LA to Cameron, LA out to 20 NM		Full Coastal Waters Forecast from NWS Houston/Galveston
Intracoastal City, LA to Cameron, LA 20 to 60 NM		Full Coastal Waters Forecast from NWS New Orleans
Lower Atchafalaya River, LA to Intracoastal City, LA* to 20 NM		Western Gulf of America beyond 60 NM
Lower Atchafalaya River, LA to Intracoastal City, TX 20 to 60 NM		Middle Gulf of America beyond 60 NM
Full Coastal Waters Forecast from NWS Lake Charles		Other West Gulf Marine Forecasts from the NWS
* includes Atchafalaya Bay

Other Helpful Information

PORTS® Data
Lake Charles	Sabine/Neches
Houston/Galveston Bay	Lower Mississippi River

Regional Radar Data
Lake Charles	Houston/Galveston	New Orleans

Marine MOS Products
West Gulf GFS Marine MOS Guidance	GFS Text Messages (by Station List)
West Gulf NAM (Eta) Marine MOS Guidance	NAM (Eta) Text Messages (by Station List)
Marine MOS Description	Marine MOS Buoy Station Table

NWPS/Swan Wave Model Data

Satellite Imagery

Local Tide Data

Other Marine-related Links
· National Data Buoy Center	· Ocean Prediction Center
· NWS's Office of Meteorology Marine page	· National Safe Boating Council
· NWS Marine Weather Services publications	· U.S. Coast Guard
· National Geodetic Survey	· Beaufort Scale
· NHC's Mariner's Guide For Hurricane Awareness

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Major Winter Storm in the North-Central U.S.; Severe Weather from the Mid-South to Ohio Valley

Marine Weather