Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Read More >

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
500 AM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...MUCH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS...

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR NOVEMBER 2013 THROUGH MARCH 2014 AVERAGED MUCH
BELOW NORMAL. IN FACT...ALEXANDRIA...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...NEW
IBERIA...AND BEAUMONT ALL RANKED WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH. BELOW IS A TABLE SUMMARIZING
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS WITH ALL TIME
RECORD RANK. RANKS WITH * INDICATES TIE WITH PREVIOUS YEAR.

                   AVERAGE TEMPERATURE/
                   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL    AVG TEMP       RECORD/YEAR
               NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR NOV-MAR RANK    NOV-MAR
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ALEXANDRIA    54.7 48.9 42.8 49.2 55.0    50.1   *6TH 47.0/1977-78
              -2.7 -1.5 -6.2 -2.8 -4.2

LAKE CHARLES 57.5 51.3 46.3 52.4 57.1    53.0   *8TH 52.3/1914-15
              -3.6 -2.5 -5.5 -2.6 -4.3

LAFAYETTE     57.2 51.6 45.3 53.0 57.9    53.0    4TH 51.9/1898-99
              -4.4 -2.7 -7.2 -2.9 -4.3

NEW IBERIA    59.4 53.0 46.3 54.1 58.7    54.2    6TH 52.3/1977-78
              -1.8 -1.4 -6.5 -1.6 -3.2

BEAUMONT      58.7 52.3 48.6 54.4 58.9    54.6   *8TH 52.5/2009-10
              -3.0 -2.0 -4.1 -1.5 -3.1
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