Intracoastal City to Cameron, LA 20 - 60 NM Marine Forecast
| Today...East Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas 3 To 5 Feet, Occasionally To 6 Feet, Subsiding To 2 To 3 Feet This Afternoon. Wave Detail: East 5 Feet At 7 Seconds, Becoming East 3 Feet At 7 Seconds. A Chance Of Showers And Thunderstorms Early This Morning. |
| Tonight...East Winds Around 10 Knots, Becoming South After Midnight. Seas 2 To 3 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 Feet At 7 Seconds. A Slight Chance Of Showers And Thunderstorms In The Evening. |
| Saturday...South Winds Around 10 Knots. Seas 2 To 3 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 Feet At 7 Seconds. A Slight Chance Of Showers And Thunderstorms. |
| Saturday Night...South Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas 2 To 4 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 Feet At 7 Seconds. |
| Sunday...South Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas 3 To 4 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 Feet At 6 Seconds. |
| Sunday Night...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots With Gusts Up To 20 Knots. Seas 3 To 4 Feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 Feet At 6 Seconds. |
| Monday...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 3 Feet. |
| Monday Night...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 3 Feet. |
| Tuesday...Southeast Winds Around 10 Knots. Seas Around 3 Feet. |
| Tuesday Night...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas 2 To 3 Feet. Winds And Seas Higher In And Near Thunderstorms. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 235pm CDT Fri Jun 5 2026 (This evening through next Thursday) Issued at 231pm CDT Fri Jun 5 2026 Current conditions, despite feeling quite tropical, are near normal temp wise with afternoon highs in the 80s. What is certainly not near normal are PWAT (Precipitable Water) values, which remain above the 90th percentile for this time of year. Thanks to surface high pressure over the SECONUS, persistent ESE to southerly flow continues to transport a moisture rich airmass into the region. Aloft, an area of low pressure over NMX will slowly drift into WTX and eventually the Central Plains over the next few days. As a result, little overall change is expected through the weekend, with daily rain chances and a continued threat for localized minor flooding. Convective initiation has been somewhat "delayed" today; however, coverage is expected to increase across SETX and portions of coastal LA through the remainder of the afternoon. The latest WPC ERO places much of this area in a Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall. That said, any location that experiences repeated (or even one heavy) showers or thunderstorms could see brief periods of heavy rainfall given the anomalously high moisture content. The good news is that storms should remain fairly progressive, limiting the duration of heavy rainfall at any one location, ever so slightly reducing the overall flooding threat. Heading into the work week, the weakness aloft will gradually be absorbed into the broader flow as an upper level ridge centered over the eastern Gulf expands westward across the Gulf Coast region. A more typical summertime pattern is then expected to develop, characterized by slightly above normal temps and mainly diurnally driven showers and storms. Marine Issued at 231pm CDT Fri Jun 5 2026 A broad area of high pressure over most of the southeastern US will ridge into the coastal waters allowing for east to southeast winds today. Winds and seas will begin to decrease as a surface low pressure wave moves toward and inland the Louisiana coast. Over the weekend, a persistent modest southerly flow along with low to moderate seas will develop and continue into early next week. A very moist air mass and a weakness aloft will bring daily chances for showers and thunderstorms through the weekend. Fire Weather Issued at 231pm CDT Fri Jun 5 2026 A moist air mass will remain over the region into the weekend and will keep humid conditions in place with afternoon minimum relative humidity values over 60 percent. A weakness aloft will keep high chances for rain, mainly during the afternoon hours, that will bring wetting rains to a majority of the area to keep the fire danger in check. The main issue will be frequent cloud to ground lightning with some of the stronger storms. NOAA Lake Charles LA Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories LA...None. TX...None. GM...None. |
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