FXUS64 KLCH 251526
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
926 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
.UPDATE...
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE DAY CREW AT THE NWS LAKE CHARLES!
A COLD START TO CHRISTMAS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. A DRY AIR MASS HAS MOVED IN AND EXPECT NICE SUNNY
SKIES WITH COOL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. NO CHANGES AT THIS
POINT TO THE PUBLIC FORECAST.
OBSERVATIONS AND MSAS ANALYSIS SHOW WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW SCA
CRITERIA FOR THE LAKES AND BAYS...AND THEREFORE HAVE CANCELLED THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THOSE ZONES. NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE
AROUND 20 KNOTS AND HIGHER OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND WILL
CONTINUE SCA THROUGH ABOUT NOON TIME...WHEN WINDS SHOULD DECREASE
AS SURFACE RIDGE BEGINS TO SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION.
RUA
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 425 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009/
..SANTA HAS BROUGHT A WHITE CHRISTMAS FOR THE MID-WEST THIS
MORNING...
SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL FROM THE UPPER PLAINS STATES DOWN INTO
MISSOURI/OKLAHOMA...
DISCUSSION...
THE SURFACE LOW THAT MOVED THROUGH NE TX YESTERDAY MORNING IS IN
NOW LOCATED OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING WITH A TRAILING COLD
FRONT THAT IS PUSHING IN ALABAMA. STORMS CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THIS LATEST FRONT WITH SNOW FALLING FROM THE UPPER PLAINS
STATES DOWN INTO OKLAHOMA BEHIND THE FRONT.
FOR THIS REGION COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES THIS MORNING WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE NOW 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. SNOW LOOKS
TO HAVE FALLEN AS FALL SOUTH AS CNTRL TX BEFORE ENDING. THE LATEST
STLT IMAGES INDICATES THE CLOUD SHIELD HAS CLEARED SE TX WITH THE
CLEARING LINE EXPECTED THROUGH CNTRL LOUISIANA BEFORE DAYBREAK.
A COOL CLEAR CRISP CHRISTMAS DAY ON TAP...AS TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE
TO REACH THE UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50 LATE TODAY. TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE
A REPEAT OF TODAY. THE BAD NEWS...RAIN AGAIN ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW LIFTS OUT OF THE GULF AND DRAGS MOISTURE ABOVE THE STALLED
FRONTAL SYS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 50 30 55 37 53 / 0 10 20 40 10
KBPT 50 30 56 37 55 / 0 10 20 30 10
KAEX 48 26 53 30 53 / 0 10 10 20 10
KLFT 49 31 55 39 54 / 0 10 10 40 10
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX
OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO
CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO
CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING
FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
&&
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