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FXUS64 KLIX 031021
AFDLIX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 
400 AM CST MON JAN 3 2005

NO REAL ISSUES OTHER THAN FOG IN THE SHORT TERM. WINDS CONTINUE TO 
BE UP AND DOWN KEEPING THE LOW LEVEL CEILINGS FROM DROPPING TO THE 
SFC ON THE SOUTH SHORE. ATTM WINDS HAVE FALLEN BACK TO AROUND 6KTS 
PROMOTING FOG AGAIN. ON THE NORTH SHORE...BAFFELING AS CEILINGS ARE 
NOT DROPPING RIGHT NOW AND HEAT LOSS IS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE 
THROUGH THE TOP OF THE INVERSION WHICH SHOULD CAUSE THE CEILING TO 
FALL. LOOKS LIKE SOME DRY AIR HAS FILTERED INTO THE BL FROM THE NE 
KEEPING THE CEILING FROM FORMING TOWARD THE GROUND. WILL HAVE TO 
WATCH IT AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.

OTHERWISE...COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE COAST WITH NO 
TS ACTIVITY UNTIL THURSDAY BUT WILL NOT CHANGE ANY GRIDS OUT THAT 
FAR SINCE CONFIDENCE THAT FAR OUT IS SHAKY AT BEST.

COLD WEATHER WILL BE ON THE WAY............ONE DAY.
VERY AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGING BUILDS INTO ALASKA WELL AFTER THE 
PRESENT EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THIS SHOULD SEND A TRUCK 
LOAD OF COOL AIR SOUTHWARD TO VISIT FOR A FEW DAYS. BUT THEN AGAIN 
THIS IS WAY IN THE FUTURE.

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.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY LAZ038-040-058-060>064-069-070.
MS...NONE.
SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...DENSE FOG ADVISORY LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN 
GMZ530.

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