Lake Charles, Louisiana
National Weather Service: Flood Warning , Dense Fog Advisory
Current Conditions
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Almanac
Average High: 70°
Average Low: 50°
Record high/year: 85° (1911)
Record low/year: 31° (1996)
Sunrise: 6:27 AM
Sunset: 6:18 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 06:27 AM (CST)
Moon Rise: 03:58 AM (CST) 3 11
Sunset: 06:18 PM (CST)
Moon Set: 02:51 PM (CST) 3 11
Moon Phase
Nowcast as of 8:05 PM CST on March 11, 2010
Now
Dense sea fog pushing north from the Gulf will decrease visibility to less than 1/4 mile and persist along the I-10 corridor and areas south.
Next 12 Hours
Chance of T-storms
Chance of T-storms
Chance of T-storms
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Hi 67°
Lo 43°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 70°
Lo 43°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 70°
Lo 47°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 70°
Lo 47°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 63°
Lo 41°
Chance of T-storms
Forecast for Calcasieu
Dense fog advisory in effect until 6 am CST Friday...
Rest of Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of dense fog. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows in the 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny. Highs around 70.
Sunday Night and Monday
Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs around 70.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
Wednesday through Thursday
Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 40s.
Flood Warning
Statement as of 7:18 PM CST on March 11, 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Sabine River near Deweyville.
* Until late Saturday night... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 6:45 PM Thursday the stage was 24.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 24.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 24.2 feet
after midnight tonight. The river will fall below flood stage
Saturday early afternoon.
* Impact... at 24.0 feet... minor lowland flooding will occur.
Low-lying roads in southwestern Beauregard Parish... including
Robert Clark Road will have water over them.
Dense Fog Advisory
Statement as of 8:11 PM CST on March 11, 2010
... Dense fog advisory in effect until 6 am CST Friday...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a dense
fog advisory... which is in effect until 6 am CST Friday.
Areas of dense sea fog will move inland across southeast Texas
and southwest Louisiana... reducing visibilities to less than one
mile... with visibilities occasionally down to a few hundred feet.
The dense fog is expected to move inland across portions of
Acadiana later this evening with many locations south of I-10
experiencing visibilities to around one quarter of a mile or
less by midnight. Motorists are encouraged to use caution while
driving this evening as visibilities can rapidly fluctuate between
a few miles and less than one quarter of a mile over a short
distance.
The fog is expected to gradually dissipate late tonight as drier
air moves into the region.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A dense fog advisory means visibilities will frequently be
reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving... slow down...
use your low beam headlights... and leave plenty of distance ahead
of you.
Personal Weather Stations
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Location: APRSWXNET Lake Charles LA US, Lake Charles, LA Updated: 8:55 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 62 °F | Dew Point: 60 °F | Humidity: 93% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.60 in | Hourly Precipitation: 5.88 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: Bayouwood, Lake Charles, LA Updated: 9:10 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 62.4 °F | Dew Point: 61 °F | Humidity: 94% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.62 in | Hourly Precipitation: 5.88 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: APRSWXNET Lake Charles LA US, Lake Charles, LA Updated: 8:53 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 57 °F | Dew Point: 55 °F | Humidity: 92% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.65 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: Sulphur - Air Liquide, Sulphur, LA Updated: 9:10 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 61.2 °F | Dew Point: 60 °F | Humidity: 94% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.63 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: Sulphurwx.co.cc, Sulphur, LA Updated: 9:10 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 60.3 °F | Dew Point: 60 °F | Humidity: 98% | Wind: East at 2.4 mph | Pressure: 29.68 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: Sulphur, LA Updated: 9:10 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 61.3 °F | Dew Point: 61 °F | Humidity: 99% | Wind: NW at 1.6 mph | Pressure: 29.73 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: Big Lake, Big Lake, LA Updated: 9:10 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 62.0 °F | Dew Point: 61 °F | Humidity: 98% | Wind: WSW at 4.0 mph | Pressure: 29.35 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: MesoWest E.DeQuincy LA US UPR, Dequincy, LA Updated: 8:00 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 63 °F | Dew Point: - | Humidity: - | Wind: Calm | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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Location: RAWS LACASSINE LA US, Lacassine, LA Updated: 8:46 PM CST |
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| Temperature: 64 °F | Dew Point: 64 °F | Humidity: 100% | Wind: NW at 6 mph | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Historical Graphs | |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
159 fxus64 klch 120247 afdlch Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles la 847 PM CST Thursday Mar 11 2010 Update... the dense fog continues to work its way inland tonight across southeast Texas and SW la. Observations at korg and klch during the past one to two hours indicates visbys lowering from 10 miles to around one quarter of a mile or less. Visbys remain up across Acadiana so far...but with fog sitting just off the coast...will not rule out the potential for some of it to push inland as well this evening. At this time...am thinking that the dense fog will stay mainly along and south of I-10. With this in mind...have extended the dense fog advisory inland to the I-10 corridor from Orange County to upper Saint Martin Parish. Other concern for this evening's forecast is the potential for thunderstorms. A few strong storms popped up just east of Toledo Bend Reservoir over northern Vernon Parish and have moved NE...but convection further to the south not getting quite as organized. Klch 00z sounding shows a slight increase in moisture since this morning...but atmospheric column for the most part remains fairly dry with precipitable water around 0.7 inch. Despite moderately steep lapse rates...atmosphere appears too dry to support significant convective development at least across southern zones. Could see a few more storms across portions of central la within a zone of enhanced lift associated with an upper level shortwave moving out of Texas...and this coincides well with the continued slt risk for severe weather per latest Storm Prediction Center day 1 convective outlook. Thus...kept forecast probability of precipitation as is with a slt chance for southern portions of the area...increasing to around 40 pcnt across central la. The remainder of the forecast looks on track...with only updates to grids and text products to expand the dense fog advisory this evening. 24 && Previous discussion... /issued 639 PM CST Thursday Mar 11 2010/ Update... latest satellite images show dense sea fog persisting over the coastal waters and also beginning to move inland across lower southeast Texas and SW la. Reports from southeast Texas regional Airport indicate rapidly deteriorating conditions just south and east of the Airport with visibilities rapidly lowering to around one quarter of a mile. The fog is expected to continue moving inland...affecting most locations along and south of I-10 in Jefferson County over the next hour or two. Therefore...have updated the dense fog advisory to make it effective immediately for Jefferson County and Cameron Parish. Still expect sea fog to move inland across the southern la parishes this evening as well...although at this time the fog still remains just offshore. Kept the dense fog advisory confined to the coastal parishes and counties for tonight...but will need to monitor trends and update to include locations further inland if necessary. In addition...have also updated the marine dense fog advisory to be effective immediately as well as sea fog is currently noted over the coastal waters. Updated grids and text products sent. 24 Aviation... near term concerns this evening include inland propagation of sea fog at coastal terminals...and the potential for convective activity across the area. Last few images of visible satellite showed the sea fog had reached kbpt and the southern half or so of Cameron Parish. Guidance suggests that the fog should not penetrate too much farther than it already has...so after amending the kbpt taf...opted to leave it out of the remaining terminals. Surface front expected to move through the area tonight...with the resulting northwest winds spelling the end of the fog. Timed this to occur just before midnight at kbpt. As for convective potential...the best support will continue to lie primarily across northern parts of the area. Inserted a thunderstorms in the vicinity for kaex for middle to late evening since confidence in impact is low at this time. VFR expected to prevail tomorrow. 13 Previous discussion... /issued 424 PM CST Thursday Mar 11 2010/ Discussion... a few areas of light showers are falling across southeast Texas and southern Louisiana. Areas of dense fog in the coastal waters this afternoon has been breaking up but will redevelop tonight and move into the coastal counties and parishes. An upper level shortwave moving through central Texas this afternoon will move into eastern Texas and central la tonight but with very limited moisture vertically not looking at a whole lot in the way of showers or thunderstorms. As the upper level trough finals moves across the region...drier and cooler air will make it's way into the region around or just after sunrise. Tmrw looks to be cooler with temperatures only into the upper 60s which will be about 10 degrees cooler than today. But skies will be clearing through the morning. The weekend is shaping up to be mostly clear but a bit on the cool side. && Preliminary point temps/pops... klch 54 67 45 69 / 20 10 10 10 kbpt 52 69 45 69 / 20 10 10 10 kaex 49 66 42 66 / 40 10 10 10 klft 55 68 46 67 / 20 10 10 10 && Lch watches/warnings/advisories... la...dense fog advisory until 6 am CST Friday for Acadia-Calcasieu- Cameron-Iberia-Jefferson Davis-Lafayette-lower St. Martin- St. Mary-upper St. Martin-Vermilion. Texas...dense fog advisory until 6 am CST Friday for Jefferson-Orange. GM...dense fog advisory until 6 am CST Friday for Calcasieu Lake- coastal waters from Cameron, la to High Island, Texas 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, Texas 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. && $$