AFDLCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011

.DISCUSSION...
THIS MORNINGS IR AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITES SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW SPINNING NEAR THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. THIS COMBINED
WITH A RIDGE CENTERED OVER NORTH TEXAS WILL PROVIDE OUR AREA WITH
A NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. DESPITE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ALOFT OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUSIANA AND THE EASTERN GULF COAST...OUR AREA WILL STILL SEE MORE THAN
ENOUGH MOISTURE TO KICK OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

THE RIDGE BEGINS TO SLIDE EASTWARD BY SATURDAY EVENING AND
SOUTHERLY FLOW SHOULD BEGIN PUMPING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE BACK
INTO THE REGION BY MONDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER COVERAGE OF
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS BY MIDWEEK.

&&

.MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT OUT OF
THE SOUTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. LAKES AND BAYS WILL
REMAIN GENERALLY CALM THROUGH THE PERIOD AND SEAS WILL REMAIN AT
1-2 FEET.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO START FIRES IN DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS.

A REMINDER...BURN BANS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  95  77  94  76  93 /  20  10  20  10  20
KBPT  94  76  94  76  94 /  20  10  20  10  20
KAEX  98  75  97  75  97 /  20  10  20  10  20
KLFT  95  76  94  76  94 /  20  10  20  10  20

&&

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

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