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Another July cold front

#1 Postby PTrackerLA » Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:18 pm

Another July cold front moved through yesterday and it is noticeably drier outside but not really "cool" as it is late July. Maybe this means an early fall ? :roll: . Anyway normal rain chances return tomorrow so hopefully we can get some good storms because it's drying out around here.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
228 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2004

.SYNOPSIS...REMARKABLE LATE JULY COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AND
DRIER HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN
ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITIES AND THE MORE TYPICAL
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WITH A WEAK SEABREEZE
IN MID SUMMER.

ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROFS THROUGH THE CENTRAL
U.S. WILL HELP KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO
THE WEEKEND. THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK DUE TO A
WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES.

&&

.DISCUSSION...REMOVED CHANCES FOR POPS TNITE AS FRONT HOLDS TOGETHER
IN THE COASTAL WATERS...BEST SEEN AS A FRONTAL "ROPE" ON VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY. STRATOCU INDICATIVE OF CAPPING COMBINED WITH
DRIER THAN NORMAL DEW POINTS WILL AID IN KEEPING SHOWERS FROM
DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. WILL GO WITH ONE MORE NIGHT OF BELOW
NORMAL AND GUIDANCE TEMPS. MAY ADD HAZE TO MORNING FORECAST AS
STAGNANT CONDITIONS HELPING TO TRAP SMOKE FROM AREA GRASS FIRES.

ONCE MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ON
WEDNESDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL QUICKLY RETURN TOWARD SEASONAL NORMS
WITH AN ACTIVE SEABREEZE. CLIMO POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK.
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#2 Postby bfez1 » Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:47 pm

It felt so much better when I walked out the door this morning. Dry and not muggy!!!
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#3 Postby ColdFront77 » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:28 pm

At least this one isn't going to make it as far down (through northern Florida) like the last one. 8-)
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