Short-term forecastIssued by the National Weather Service at 7:18 am CST on January 6, 2009
Heavy showers will move through Acadia and into St Landry parishes through 9 am. In addition...National Weather Service Doppler radar continues to indicate areas of showers and rain falling over southeast Texas...southern Louisiana and the adjacent coastal waters. Rainfall amounts will average less than 1/4 of an inch per hour. Areas of fog is lowering visibility to less than 1 mile along the coast with visibility inland ranging from 1 to 3 miles.
Current conditions
As of 7:50 AM CST at Lake Charles, Louisiana
Overcast
Temperature:
55°
Wind:
West 5 mph
Dewpoint:
55°
Humidity:
100%
Visibility:
1.5 miles
Forecast
As of 4:03 am CST on January 6, 2009
Today...Areas of fog early in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Tonight...Mostly cloudy early in the evening then becoming partly cloudy in the late evening and early morning then becoming mostly clear late. Breezy...colder. Lows in the lower 40s inland...in the upper 40s coast. West winds 10 to 20 mph inland... west 15 to 25 mph coast.
Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Inland...west winds 10 to 15 mph. Coast...northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the morning becoming west and decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.