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Marine Weather and Tides Lake Charles, LA Version 3.4

NOTICE 1/26/2021 -- The West Coast Satellite images havd been updated. They now use GEOS-17. 1/1/2021 -- The 7 day forecast are now working well. Thank you NOAA for your support.

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Sunrise 6:37AM

Sunset 7:45PM

Wednesday April 21, 2021 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)

Moonrise 1:01PM

Moonset 2:17AM

Illumination 71%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Lake Charles, LA

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Area Discussion for - Lake Charles, LA

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FXUS64 KLCH 211128 AFDLCH

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 628 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

DISCUSSION. For the 21/12Z TAF Issuance.

AVIATION. High pressure over the Northern Plains will continue to build into the forecast area today. This will provide dry conditions in the low levels with just some passing high level cloudiness. Therefore, VFR conditions are expected. North winds with gusts around 20 knots will persist until late afternoon.

Rua

PREV DISCUSSION. /issued 352 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021/

DISCUSSION . The frontal boundary has pushed offshore early this morning as cooler, drier air advects into the region on brisk northerly winds. Dewpoints are already back into the mid 30s across central Louisiana with temperatures falling back into the 40s. The elevated winds will persist through the day adding a bit of bite to temperatures that will already be running about 10 degrees below normal despite abundant sunshine.

High pressure will settle nearly overhead tonight allowing winds to calm and providing a nearly ideal radiational cooling environment that will allow lows to drop into the lower 40s across central Louisiana and upper 40s along and south of the I-10 corridor. As the high slides east of the region Thursday, temperatures will begin to moderate as southeasterly flow becomes reestablished.

The next weather maker will be another, less potent, cold front progged to push through the area late Friday or early Saturday. The region is expected to be warm sectored through much of Friday with a strengthening low level jet over the area providing decent shear while also pumping in plenty of moisture. This will lead to a severe weather threat especially Friday afternoon into Friday evening as the atmosphere increasingly destabilizes. SPC has the entire region (along with a large swath of east Texas) highlighted in a slight risk for severe weather during this period. In addition to the severe weather threat, the abundant moisture will also provide support for efficient rain producing thunderstorms that could lead to some localized flash flooding.

The good news is the front should push through the area at a descent clip (unlike last week's fronts) which should limit the flash flood threat. Drier air will advect into the region behind this front through the weekend, but without as much of a drop in temperatures. High pressure once again builds into the region Sunday and Monday which look very pleasant with afternoon highs in the lower 80s along with plenty of Sunshine.

Very good agreement in the long range on another front approaching the area Tuesday with the area again warm sectored ahead of it's passage indicative of another potential severe weather threat mid next week. Will have to evaluate the run to run consistency, but confidence in this solution is higher than normal for the day six and seven timeframe.

Jones

MARINE . Strong offshore flow of 20 to 25 knots with higher gusts will persist through the morning in the wake of a cold front. These winds will moderate through the afternoon. Onshore flow will become reestablished by Thursday afternoon ahead of another cold front. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will move into the coastal waters Friday through early Saturday morning in response to this cold front with offshore flow developing once again in it's wake Saturday.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS. AEX 65 41 71 56 / 0 0 0 20 LCH 67 48 73 62 / 0 0 0 20 LFT 65 48 72 59 / 0 0 0 20 BPT 69 49 72 63 / 0 0 10 30

LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. LA . None. TX . None. GM . Small Craft Advisory until 1 PM CDT this afternoon for GMZ430- 432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475.

Small Craft Exercise Caution from 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Thursday evening for GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475.



AVIATION . 07

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
LCLL1 - 8767816 - Lake Charles, LA	0 mi	51 min		51°F	70°F		1022.4 hPa
BKTL1	5 mi	57 min			70°F
CAPL1 - 8768094 - Calcasieu Pass, LA	33 mi	51 min	NNE 15 G 20	54°F	68°F		1019.9 hPa
PORT2 - 8770475 - Port Arthur, TX	45 mi	51 min	N 13 G 16	51°F	68°F		1022.2 hPa

Wind History for Calcasieu Pass, LA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Chenault Airpark, LA	4 mi	64 min	N 10	10.00 mi	Fair	50°F	39°F	67%	1022.3 hPa
Lake Charles Regional Airport, LA	8 mi	46 min	N 9 G 20	10.00 mi	Fair	52°F	41°F	66%	1022.9 hPa
Southland Field, LA	11 mi	44 min	N 9	10.00 mi	Fair	49°F	40°F	69%	1022.7 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Calcasieu Pass, Lighthouse wharf, Louisiana

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Tide / Current Tables for Calcasieu Pass, Lighthouse wharf, Louisiana (2)

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