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FXUS64 KLCH 080845
AFDLCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
345 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008

.DISCUSSION...KLCH SOUNDING HAS MOISTENED CONSIDERABLY AT 06Z WITH 
PWATS AT 1.87 INCHES. SATELLITE SHOWS AN OLD BOUNDARY OVER THE NW GULF
THAT WAS APPARENTLY LEFT OVER FROM GUSTAV. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT
NORTH TODAY AND FIGURE THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED
TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. WEAK UPPER RIDGE
PATTERN SHOULD HOLD INTO THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK SO WILL MAINTAIN
LOW DIURNAL POPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THE FORECAST LATE IN THE WEEK THANKS TO 
IKE.  AS OF 2AM...IKE IS MAKING LANDFALL IN EASTERN CUBA. IKE'S 
FUTURE WILL CERTAINLY BE DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL IT REMAINS INTACT 
ONCE IT LEAVES CUBA.  WILL CONTINUE TREND OF PREVIOUS FORECAST IN 
INCREASING WINDS THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 


&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.  LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.  ACTIVITY SHOULD 
DIMINISH AFT 03Z.


&&

.MARINE...BROAD HIGH PRSSURE OVER THE SE U.S. WILL BRING LIGHT E/SE 
FLOW THROUGH MIDWEEK.  WINDS WILL BACK AND STRENGTHEN AS IKE 
APPROACHES THE NW GULF. SEAS WILL INCREASE ABOVE SCA LEVELS BY 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  89  73  91  74  90 /  30  10  20  10  20 
KBPT  91  73  91  73  91 /  20  10  20  10  20 
KAEX  91  71  91  71  88 /  30  20  30  20  20 
KLFT  90  73  92  74  89 /  30  10  20  10  20 

&&

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

$$