520  
FXUS62 KKEY 190223  
AFDKEY  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1023 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2025  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 924 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
THE KEYS REMAIN IN A RATHER WET PATTERN THIS EVENING DUE TO  
UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE GULF AND PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINING  
QUITE HIGH AT AROUND 2.2 INCHES. CAPE HAS BEEN MODEST WITH SOME  
DRIER AIR CREEPING IN THROUGH THE LAYERS ABOVE 500 MB. THERE WAS  
AN ABUNDANCE OF BOUNDARIES THIS EVENING AND PROVIDED A TRIGGER FOR  
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE KEYS AND SURROUNDING  
WATERS. HOWEVER, THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN LIMITED AND SHORT LIVED.  
 
DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME THROUGH  
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD, AS IS THE TROUGH ALOFT. HOWEVER, THE LOWER  
BROAD LOWER TROUGH OVER THE BAHAMAS IS EXPECTED TO SHARPEN SOME  
ALLOWING THE OUTER FRINGES OF A MODEST HIGH CENTERED NEAR THE  
CENTRAL GULF COAST TO BECOME MORE DOMINANT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS  
ALONG WITH THE CURRENT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WORKING ITS WAY SOUTHWARD  
THROUGH THE KEYS AND ADJACENT WATERS SHOULD RESULT IN A QUIETER  
SPELL FOR THE ISLAND CHAIN IN THE UPCOMING HOURS. MAY CONSIDER  
NUDGING POPS DOWN FOR THE BALANCE OF THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE  
LIGHT TO GENTLE AND BROADLY NORTHEASTERLY. EXPECT LOWS IN THE  
UPPER 70S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 924 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
DISORGANIZED HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND GULF, IN CONCERT  
WITH BROAD TROUGHING OVER THE BAHAMAS, WILL RESULT IN BROADLY  
GENTLE NORTHEASTERLY BREEZES ON KEYS WATERS OVERNIGHT. NO CHANGES  
PLANNED FOR THE EVENING MARINE UPDATE.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 924 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT THE ISLAND TERMINALS  
OVERNIGHT. SURFACE WINDS AWAY FROM CONVECTION WILL BE LIGHT TO  
GENTLE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST.  
 

 
   
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...11  
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11  
DATA ACQUISITION.....AJP  
 
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