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Latest Observations
Land Stations Marine Stations
Lake Charles - south Lake Charles - east Galveston Bay North Jetty High Island Block 179A
Carlyss Jennings Buoy 42035 Sea Rim State Park
Abbeville Lafayette Texas Point Sabine Pass North
New Iberia Burns Point Port Arthur Sabine Pass Block 13B
Patterson Nederland Calcasieu Pass Fresh Water Canal Locks
Orange Beaumont Marsh Island South Marsh Block 268A
  Galveston Amerada Pass Berwick Tesoro Terminal
    Galveston Pier 21 Rollover Pass
    West Cameron Block 368A East Cameron Block 278B
    Vermilion Block 331A  

 

Text forecasts issued by NWS Lake Charles Text forecasts issued by neighboring NWS offices
Sabine Lake Galveston Bay
Calcasieu Lake High Island, TX to Freeport, TX out to 20 NM
Vermilion Bay High Island, TX to Freeport, TX 20 to 60 NM
Cameron, LA to High Island, TX out to 20 NM Port Fourchon, LA to Lower Atchafalaya River, LA out to 20 NM
Cameron, LA to High Island, TX 20 to 60 NM Port Fourchon, LA to Lower Atchafalaya River, LA 20 to 60 NM
Intracoastal City, LA to Cameron, LA out to 20 NM Full Coastal Waters Forecast from NWS Houston/Galveston
Intracoastal City, LA to Cameron, LA 20 to 60 NM Full Coastal Waters Forecast from NWS New Orleans
Lower Atchafalaya River, LA to Intracoastal City, LA* to 20 NM Western Gulf of Mexico beyond 60 NM
Lower Atchafalaya River, LA to Intracoastal City, TX 20 to 60 NM Middle Gulf of Mexico beyond 60 NM
Full Coastal Waters Forecast from NWS Lake Charles Other West Gulf Marine Forecasts from the NWS
* includes Atchafalaya Bay  

 

 

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