Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
639 FXUS64 KLIX 021126 AFDLIX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New Orleans LA 526 AM CST Sun Nov 2 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 521 AM CST Sun Nov 2 2025 - Another reinforcing shot of cool air filters in today through Tuesday, with chilly morning temps yet again and a few colder areas reaching the upper 30s Monday morning. - A warming trend builds into the middle to later parts of next week, reaching the low 80s for many areas while staying dry. && .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Monday night) Issued at 1107 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 Tonight through Tuesday morning, conditions will be dry overall on the backside of this low pressure system moving through the area. Northerly surface winds will help to advect cooler air into the area. As a result, Monday morning will be quite cool with lows in the upper 30s and low 40s. Temperatures will be a few degrees cooler in the Pearl River and Pascagoula drainage basins as well. Lows on Tuesday morning will be in the low to mid 40s for most of the area. before a rapid warm up later in the workweek. MSW && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday night through Saturday night) Issued at 1107 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 Tuesday through the weekend, conditions will be warming up quite quickly as southerly flow resumes and high pressure builds over the area. Lows will rise from the mid 40s on Wednesday morning to the mid 50s by Friday morning. Highs will be in the upper 70s for the remainder of the workweek, as well. As we move toward the weekend, the chances for fog will increase thanks to increased southerly return flow adding moisture to the area. Generally, expect a dry and warming week ahead once we get past Tuesday. MSW && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 521 AM CST Sun Nov 2 2025 VFR conditions at all terminals at forecast issuance time. Satellite loops show that high clouds remain across much of the area this morning. Forecast soundings indicate we should lose the high clouds by midday, with little to no cloud cover beyond that point until perhaps Tuesday or Wednesday. && .MARINE... Issued at 1107 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 A disturbance aloft across the Southern Plains will move through the coastal waters overnight tonight. Showers with perhaps a few embedded thunderstorms will be possible, especially across the offshore waters. Winds will increase in response to this disturbance and may approach caution criteria by the early Sunday morning hours across the offshore waters. The more pronounced gradient increase will occur during the day on Sunday with SCA conditions expected by 01-03Z Monday, especially across the offshore waters and the MS Sound. Winds and seas will remain elevated through Monday as high pressure counties to build into the waters along with persistent CAA. Winds and seas will then begin to subside by Monday night into Tuesday as the center of high pressure approaches thew waters. Return flow is expected to begin by Friday as high pressure slowly shifts eastward. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 65 38 66 41 / 0 0 0 0 BTR 69 41 69 43 / 0 0 0 0 ASD 71 40 68 41 / 0 0 0 0 MSY 72 50 69 52 / 0 0 0 0 GPT 72 43 68 46 / 0 0 0 0 PQL 72 39 69 42 / 0 0 0 0 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...None. GM...None. MS...None. GM...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...MSW LONG TERM....MSW AVIATION...RW MARINE...MSW