Lake Charles, Louisianna 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS64 KLCH 112331
AFDLCH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
631 PM CDT Fri Apr 11 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- The front will reinforce the dry air mass in place with cool
  nights and mild days into the beginning of the weekend.

- Southerly winds and a ridge aloft look to bring warmer and more
  humid conditions early next week.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Sunday night)
Issued at 232 PM CDT Fri Apr 11 2025

It is a fantastic Friday with the weather to match! A cold front
moved over the area this morning and is now slowing as it descends
further south over the nearshore Gulf waters. A surface high
pressure over the Midwestern to Central Plains States is building
south, ushering in a drier and cooler airmass. This will keep near
seasonable conditions today and tomorrow. Aloft, a ridge over the
western CONUS will build and the surface high will move off to the
east. This will allow for southerly winds and a reintroduction of
moisture. Temps and dewpoints to climb from Sunday.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Monday through next Thursday)
Issued at 232 PM CDT Fri Apr 11 2025

The modest warming trend will continue into Monday, with MaxTs in
the lower to mid 80s and MinTs in the 60s. Upper ridging will
flatten as a trough trekking along the US/CA line squishes it down.
A weak and dry cold front will be pushed into the region Tuesday.
Unfortunately the cooler and drier air will be short lived as the
surface high exits stage east out of the area. Southerly flow and
moisture will return, along with warmer temps to end out the long
term.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 627 PM CDT Fri Apr 11 2025

Surface high pressure will build into the region this evening
yielding clear skies through the taf period. Light, generally
Northerly winds, will continue overnight before turning easterly
after sunrise Saturday and eventually southerly Saturday late
afternoon into the evening as high pressure slides east of the
area.

Jones

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 232 PM CDT Fri Apr 11 2025

A cold front will continue to move further south into the Gulf
waters before weakening. The modest northerly flow will continue
into early Saturday, before high pressure moves off to the east of
the coastal waters, and a light to modest southerly flow will
develop. These southerly winds, along with mainly low seas, will
persist into early next week.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  47  76  52  83 /   0   0   0   0
LCH  51  77  59  79 /   0   0   0   0
LFT  51  76  54  80 /   0   0   0   0
BPT  54  80  60  81 /   0   0   0   0

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...87
LONG TERM....87
AVIATION...66