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FXUS62 KKEY 091527
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1027 AM EST MON FEB 9 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- BREEZES WILL BE GENTLE TO MODERATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
PEAKING IN THE EVENINGS, AND LULLING DURING THE DAY.
- TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM, RETURNING CLOSER TO NORMAL
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORK WEEK, AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THIS
WEEKEND.
- NIL RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS DRY
AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE KEYS.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1030 AM EST MON FEB 9 2026
COOL AND RELATIVELY DRY PERSIST ACROSS THE KEYS THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH DEW POINTS
LINGERING IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHES DOWN THE
ATLANTIC COAST AND BROADENS ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT GULF
AND ATLANTIC WATERS. THIS IS KEEPING BREEZES ALONG THE KEYS LIGHT
OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO EAST. COOLER BAY WATERS ARE KEEPING
BREEZES DECOUPLED AND BACKED NORTHEASTERLY IN PORTIONS OF THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS. STABLE POST COLD FRONT CONDITIONS PERSIST
WITH THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING DEPICTING A ROBUST SUBSIDENCE
INVERSION BASED AROUND 875 MB. THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF LOW
LEVEL VEERING AND IS CONTRIBUTING TO SCATTERED STRATOCUMULUS,
ALMOST ALL OF WHICH IS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA
CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY.
EXPECT A WARMING TREND TODAY WITH HIGHS PUSHING INTO THE LOWER TO
MID 70S. THE SURFACE THROUGH LOWER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
DOMINATED BY ANTICYCLONIC FLOW, WHILE ZONAL FLOW PERSISTS THROUGH
THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS. AS A RESULT, EXPECT STRONG INHIBITION TO
REMAIN BELOW 850 MB. THIS ALONG WITH LIMITED MOISTURE WILL KEEP
RAIN CHANCES NIL. PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN WILL BE PARTLY
CLOUDY DUE TO STRATOCUMULUS.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1030 AM EST MON FEB 9 2026
A SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING DOWN THE ATLANTIC COAST FLATTENS OUT
ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT GULF AND ATLANTIC. AS A RESULT,
WINDS WILL BE GENTLE TO MODERATE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO EAST.
COOLER GULF AND BAY SIDE WATERS WILL KEEP BREEZES LIGHTER AND
BACKED NORTHEASTERLY.
AVIATION
(15Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1030 AM EST MON FEB 9 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE ISLAND TERMINALS. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT TO GENTLE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO EAST.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...11
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11
DATA ACQUISITION.....11
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