Lake Charles, LA Hazardous Weather Outlook

Lake Charles, Louisiana

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 345 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
Expiration: 345 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA
TODAY...RESULTING IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE.  ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF THE I-49
CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY....THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BRING HOT
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S ACROSS INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH MID TO UPPER 90S OVER
COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. HEAT INDEX VALUES
WILL REACH INTO THE 102-108 RANGE EACH AFTERNOON RESULTING IN
LEVELS APPROACHING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. CAUTION IS URGED FOR ANY
ACTIVITIES PLANNED OUTDOORS. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY MAINLY EAST OF THE
I-49 CORRIDOR.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP A FEW DEGREES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR
MORE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.