
Cameron, LA to High Island, TX Marine Forecast
This Afternoon...East Winds Around 10 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: East 2 Feet At 4 Seconds. |
Tonight...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 Feet At 4 Seconds. |
Tuesday...East Winds 15 To 20 Knots. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 Feet At 4 Seconds. A Slight Chance Of Showers In The Morning, Then Showers With A Chance Of Thunderstorms In The Afternoon. |
Tuesday Night...Southeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots, Becoming Northeast 20 To 25 Knots After Midnight. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 Feet At 5 Seconds And Northeast 2 Feet At 3 Seconds. Showers With Thunderstorms Likely In The Evening, Then Showers Likely With A Chance Of Thunderstorms After Midnight. |
Wednesday...North Winds 20 To 25 Knots With Gusts Up To 30 Knots. Seas 3 To 5 Feet, Occasionally To 6 Feet. Wave Detail: North 3 Feet At 4 Seconds And Southeast 1 Foot At 6 Seconds. |
Wednesday Night...North Winds 20 To 25 Knots. Seas 3 To 5 Feet, Occasionally To 6 Feet. |
Thursday...Northeast Winds 20 To 25 Knots, Diminishing To 15 To 20 Knots In The Afternoon. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. |
Thursday Night...Northeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. |
Friday...Northeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. A Slight Chance Of Showers In The Afternoon. |
Friday Night...Northeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. A Chance Of Showers. Winds And Seas Higher In And Near Thunderstorms. |
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1154pm CST Monday Feb 17 2025 .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Wednesday night) Issued at 300pm CST Monday Feb 17 2025 Broad high pressure above will begin to wain into Tuesday while a large upstream shortwave trough begins to deepen southward over the southern Plains. A surface low will begin to organize during the afternoon and evening with a frontal boundary extending into the central Gulf. Concurrently, pressure will deepen locally across SETX and SWLA through the late afternoon and evening as the warm sector of the front lifts onshore briefly. Numerous showers and with scattered thunder are likely to occur during the latter half of day and Tuesday night. Surface and low level dynamics carry support for severe weather, however, instability will be lacking for the better part of Tuesday. That is particularly true along the lowest 1-3km. Thus a Marginal Risk of severe weather remains at play with the Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall. At this time, water hazards are more likely than severe, with hi-res guidance suggesting the potential of 1-3" across the south central Louisiana to the Atchafalaya Coast. PWAT's (Precipitable Waters) also trend in the 75th - 90th percentile during this range. One theory, basis forecast sounding analysis, is anomalously averaged Gulf waters remain 1.6°C above climatological norms. ESE advection may entrain some of this warmer air and dewpoints into the MBL that extends into southern portions of the area. A massive surface high building south out of Canada will tighten the pressure gradient along the back side of the low during the overnight hours. The low pressure cell will track east along the Gulf Coast toward the Florida Panhandle through Wednesday while precipitation clears east of the Mississippi Delta by the mid morning hours. Cold Air Advection and northerlies will increase through the day Wednesday. Temperatures will likely be the warmest around midnight Wednesday with a decrease into the morning, followed by little moderation by daytime heating. The strength the winds/gust will likely result in marine headline concerning safety of small craft. Winds remain elevated during the overnight hours into Thursday morning while temperatures continue to plummet well below freezing. Current forecast package has a chilly Thursday morning in store where a cold weather advisory is also likely with the entire area falling into the 20's while wind chills drop into the teens. Kowalski / 30 Long Term (Thursday through next Sunday) Issued at 300pm CST Monday Feb 17 2025 Cool temperatures remain throughout the day Thursday before another night of sub-freezing temperatures that will occur into Friday morning. However, by this time, the aforementioned massive high pressure cell begins to fill while migrating down into the SECOUNS. Therefore, wind chills will not be as significant despite actual low temperatures projected to be similar as the previous night. High pressure regime continues to keep conditions dry through Friday before the surface high begins to move over the Carolinas ushering some ESE weak return flow. Pattern remains a bit unsettled during this time as models navigate the strength of the high east, however, PoPs do enter back into the forecast by Saturday with a gradual warming trend this weekend. Kowalski / 30 Marine Issued at 300pm CST Monday Feb 17 2025 Winds will remain E to SE into tomorrow, and begin to gradually strengthen again tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening as a surface low approaches along the Texas and Louisiana coastline. This feature will be accompanied with a round of heavy showers and storms before a cold front pushes over the waters early Wednesday. Strong offshore flow will then persist into the end of the work week behind the front. NOAA Lake Charles LA Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories LA...None. TX...None. GM...None. |