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FXUS64 KLCH 050921
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
321 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

.DISCUSSION...
FAIRLY ZONAL FLOW PATTERN SET UP IN MID-LEVELS ACROSS OUR
REGION...WHILE AT THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED EAST OF
OUR REGION...SETTING US UP FOR WEAK ONSHORE FLOW LATER TODAY.
RIGHT NOW...TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 40S FOR THE MOST
PART...ALTHOUGH THE LOW 50S ARE SEEN FROM JENNINGS TO LAFAYETTE
AND ALONG THE COAST. THERE IS SOME PATCHY FOG...MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM BEAUMONT TO LAFAYETTE.

TODAY WILL BE A WARM...DRY DAY...AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE AS WELL.
SHOULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG AGAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON
SUNDAY.

THE UPCOMING WEEK TURNS INTO QUITE AN INTERESTING EVENT TO FOLLOW.
MONDAY SHOULD BE WARM AND DRY...BUT CARRYING SMALL POPS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT...BEFORE GOOD RAIN CHANCES WILL LAST TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. PER SPC...WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER...AND PER WPC...WILL BE MONITORING THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAINS/FLOODING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW DURING THIS TIME...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD BE A
PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDES.

FRIDAY COULD STILL HAVE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST...BEFORE A DRYING TREND NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  74  49  73  52 /   0   0   0   0 
LCH  72  52  71  57 /   0   0  10  10 
LFT  73  52  73  55 /   0   0   0  10 
BPT  72  53  71  60 /   0   0  10  10 

&&

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

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