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FXUS62 KKEY 080924
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
424 AM EST THU DEC 8 2022
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 425 AM EST THU DEC 8 2022
IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER QUIET AND DRY NIGHT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WITH
TEMPERATURES HOLDING AROUND THE LOWER TO MID 70S ACROSS THE ISLAND
CHAIN. THE SHALLOW SHOWERS FROM YESTERDAY EVENING ARE NOW
SECLUDED TO THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN STRAITS OF FLORIDA WHERE THEY
WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT OUT OF OUR WATERS. WINDS ON OFFSHORE
MARINE PLATFORMS CONTINUE TO HOLD STEADY AT AROUND 15 KNOTS OUT OF
THE NORTHEAST DUE TO A RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING DOWN ACROSS FLORIDA
FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST REASONING WITH THIS PACKAGE.
THE RIDGE CURRENTLY DRIVING OUR MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY FRESH
NORTHEAST TO EAST BREEZES WILL START TO DECAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND
INTO FRIDAY RESULTING IN SLACKENING WINDS ACROSS OUR CWA. A DEEP
ANTICYCLONE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL STICK
AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHTER GENERALLY
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THAT WILL PULL SOME OF MAINLAND'S DRIER
AIR ACROSS OUR AREA KEEPING TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S AND POPS NEAR NIL INTO NEXT WEEK.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 425 AM EST THU DEC 8 2022
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. FROM
SYNOPSIS, A RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL PROMOTE
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY FRESH NORTHEAST TO EAST BREEZES TODAY AND
TONIGHT ACROSS THE KEYS COASTAL WATERS. WINDS WILL BACK AND
GRADUALLY SLACKEN AS THE RIDGE RELAXES THIS WEEKEND.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 425 AM EST THU DEC 8 2022
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE EYW AND MTH THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING, WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NO SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED.
SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 7 TO 12
KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 18 KNOTS.
CLIMATE
ON THIS DAY IN KEYS' WEATHER HISTORY IN 1986, THE DAILY RECORD
RAINFALL OF 6.66" WAS RECORDED IN KEY WEST. THIS IS ALSO THE
WETTEST DAY EVER RECORDED IN DECEMBER. RAINFALL RECORDS FOR KEY
WEST DATE BACK TO 1871.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...JAM
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....JACOBSON
DATA ACQUISITION.....JACOBSON
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