FXUS64 KLCH 251025
AFDLCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
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 FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 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.

     GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING 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.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY.

&&

$$

K. KUYPER