FXUS64 KLCH 241503
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
903 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
.DISCUSSION...
QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE LOCATIONS WEST OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THE TORNADO WATCH...AND TO CHANGE WX THERE TO OCNL -RA. NO
OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 610 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
AVIATION...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH JUST NOW MOVING PAST BPT WILL BE MOVING INTO LCH
AROUND 14Z AND AEX AT 15Z. EXPECT GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WITH IFR
CIGS/VIS IN HEAVY RAIN WITH THE BAND AND THE FRONT IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING WITHIN AN HOUR WILL TAPER OFF THE RAIN. LFT AND ARA CAN
EXPECT THIS BAND AT 17Z AFTER IT SLOWS SOME. MVFR CIGS WITH A FEW
SHOWERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. SKIES
WILL CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST TNITE FOR BPT AND LCH WITH MVFR CIGS
IMPROVING TO VFR. LFT, ARA AND AEX WILL SEE VFR CIGS CLEARING MID-
MORNING CHRISTMAS DAY.
SWEENEY
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 519 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR NEW TOR WATCH UNTIL 19Z FOR SE TX AND SRN LA.
ALSO EXTENDED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE
I-10 CORRIDOR. SQUALL LINE HAS NOW MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 432 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
OUT AHEAD OF THIS LATEST FRONT. PERIODS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT BEFORE DRIER AIR PUSHES IN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY WITH
AFTERNOON FALLING INTO THE LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TODAY SOUTH OF THE I-10
CORRIDOR.
THE GOOD NEWS IS SKIES WILL BE CLEARING TONIGHT WITH A COLD START
TO THE CHRISTMAS DAY. TEMPS ACRS THE LAKES REGION IS SE TX AND
CNTRL LA WILL BE HOVERING IN THE LOWER 30S WHILE MID 30S WILL HOLD
ALONG THE COAST.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 63 34 52 33 / 70 10 0 10
KBPT 63 32 52 34 / 70 10 0 10
KAEX 62 32 49 29 / 100 10 0 10
KLFT 65 36 52 33 / 100 10 0 10
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.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ACADIA-ALLEN-
AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-IBERIA-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-RAPIDES-ST.
LANDRY-ST. MARY-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR HARDIN-JASPER-
JEFFERSON-NEWTON-ORANGE-TYLER.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR CALCASIEU LAKE-
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-SABINE LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
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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