FXUS64 KLCH 271735 AFDLCH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1235 PM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... - Mild temperatures expected today with areas of fog developing again tonight into early Tuesday morning. - A strong cold front will move through the area Tuesday evening into Tuesday night accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. - Breezy winds will bring much cooler temperatures into the region Wednesday. Gale conditions may occur over the coastal waters. && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Wednesday night) Issued at 1228 PM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025 Areas of dense fog across the region this morning have been slow to dissipate across central Louisiana this morning as cloud cover from an area of low pressure over northern Arkansas has slowed warming, but visibilities have finally improved over the last hour. Another night of mostly clear skies and calm winds will favor the redevelopment of fog tonight into early Tuesday morning. A strong cold front will approach the area Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning accompanied by showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of the boundary. The front is expected to push through quickly limiting qpf totals to generally under a half inch in most locations. Breezy CAA in the wake of the FROPA will drop temperatures into the upper 40s to lower 50s Wednesday morning and continued CAA through the day will limit afternoon highs to the low to mid 60s. Guidance has been consistent in depicting sustained winds of 30 knots with higher gusts over the coastal waters Wednesday which supports the issuance of a gale watch. Winds will begin to weaken Wednesday night as high pressure builds in from the west, but will remain elevated enough to limit radiational cooling. Even so, lows will fall into the mid to upper 40s Thursday morning. Jones && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Monday) Issued at 1228 PM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025 High pressure becomes centered overhead Thursday and Friday yielding clear skies and light winds. The ideal radiational cooling conditions will produce the coolest temperatures of the season thus far Friday morning with lows falling into the low to mid 40s. High pressure will slide east of the region late Friday into the weekend gradually moderating the airmass. Daily highs and lows will climb about five degrees each day through next weekend. Jones && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1228 PM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025 With exception to low CIGs taking a while to lift at KAEX, all sites are VFR. KAEX will gradually improve over the afternoon, however conditions are expected to deteriorate overnight. Otherwise, the light and variable winds will start to organize out of the east to SE over the period, with mid to upper CIGs coming back to the southern TAF sites. && .MARINE... Issued at 1228 PM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025 Light winds and low seas will prevail today into Tuesday. A cold front will push through the coastal waters Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with strong offshore flow developing in it's wake. A Gale Watch has been issued from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening as sustained winds of around 30 knots are expected with frequent higher gusts. Seas will also increase to 5-10 feet Wednesday. Winds and seas will begin to diminish Thursday becoming light Friday before turning back onshore through the weekend. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 1228 PM CDT Mon Oct 27 2025 Light, variable winds will prevail this afternoon into tonight before increasing out of the south Tuesday ahead of the next cold front that will push through the region Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Areas of fog are expected to develop again late tonight into early Tuesday morning before dissipating by mid morning. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the frontal boundary late Tuesday evening through early Wednesday morning before coming to an end following the frontal passage. Breezy northwesterly winds of 20 knots gusting to 30 knots will develop behind the front Wednesday pushing much cooler and drier air into the region. Winds will diminish Thursday and Friday before turning back out of the south this weekend. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 79 55 83 47 / 0 0 50 60 LCH 82 62 83 52 / 0 0 30 70 LFT 81 60 82 54 / 0 0 10 70 BPT 83 64 84 52 / 0 0 40 50 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...None. TX...None. GM...Gale Watch from late Tuesday night through Wednesday evening for GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475. && $$ SHORT TERM...66 LONG TERM....66 AVIATION...87