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FXUS62 KKEY 210841
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
441 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZES EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND.
- MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH NEAR-NORMAL TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 359 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
AN UNEVENTFUL OVERNIGHT INTO MORNING HAS UNFOLDED FOR THE FLORIDA
KEYS. KBYX RADAR HAS REMAINED SHOWER FREE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
HOURS. NIGHTTIME MICROPHYSICS DEPICTS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. LAST
NIGHT'S 00Z SOUNDING REVEALED A DRY PROFILE, WITH 0.90 INCHES OF
PRECIPITABLE WATER MEASURED, WHICH VALIDATES THE LACK OF CLOUD
COVERAGE IN THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE ISLAND CHAIN ARE
CURRENTLY NEAR 70 WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S, MAKING IT FEEL
REALLY NICE OUTSIDE. ALONG THE REEF, WINDS HAVE SLACKENED TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN DUE TO
SLACKENING OF THE WINDS AND SUBSIDING OF SEAS, THOUGH IN THE
STRAITS SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS DECREASE
AND SEAS SUBSIDE HEADLINES ARE STILL IN PLACE. FOR TODAY, NOTHING
TOO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IS EXPECTED,
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS IN THE MID 70S AND LIGHT TO GENTLE
BREEZES.
AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN FEATURE DOMINATING THE
WEATHER FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS, NOT MUCH IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER
THE COMING DAYS. DUE TO THE DRY AIR OVER THE AREA, NEAR NIL RAIN
CHANCES ARE EXPECTED AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT LOSES ITS GRIP LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS WILL STICK AROUND
FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. THIS SHOULD PLAY OUT TO BE A NICE FIRST HALF
WEEK BUT STAY TUNED FOR ANY UPDATES!
MARINE
ISSUED AT 359 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
NO WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA
KEYS, THOUGH SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE. FROM SYNOPSIS, SMALL
CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AS WINDS
CONTINUE TO SLACKEN TODAY. THEREAFTER, LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZES
WILL PREVAIL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS RIDGING WEAKENS PRESSURE
GRADIENT ALLOWING FOR THE RELIEF. ALONG WITH LIGHT TO GENTLE
BREEZES DRY AIR HAS MOVED IN LIMITED SHOWER ACTIVITY. MOSTLY MILD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 359 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT BOTH EYW AND MTH THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. DRY AIR WILL LIMIT ANY SHOWER AND CLOUD DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NEAR SURFACE WIND WILL BE NORTHEAST NEAR 10
KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....AP
DATA ACQUISITION.....AP
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