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FXUS62 KKEY 071513
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1013 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 900 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2025
A COOL AIR MASS LINGERED OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS MORNING.
OVERNIGHT LOWS AT KEY WEST DROPPED INTO THE LOWER 60S AND
THERMOMETERS IN THE UPPER KEYS MEASURED TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
50S. DEW POINTS ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN DROPPED INTO THE MID 50S.
THE KKEY MORNING BALLOON MEASURED A PWAT VALUE FAR BELOW THE 10TH
PERCENTILE FOR THE DAY, SO DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING ON THE KBYX
RADAR BEYOND SALT SPRAY, ANIMALS, AND ERRONEOUS PROPAGATION. GOES
16 SCANS THIS MORNING DID NOT DETECT SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER
ACROSS THE REGION EITHER. ALL IN ALL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON APPEARS
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FOR THE KEYS, AND THE EARLY HALF OF THE
WEEKEND APPEARS PERFECT FOR BOATING OR WATER ACTIVITIES OF ANY
KIND SO ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED AT THE START OF THE WEEK, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE QUIET
WEATHER.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 900 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2025
FROM SYNOPSIS, BREEZES PEAKED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, AND WILL
LULL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDES
EASTWARD INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC. BREEZES MAY BRIEFLY GO VARIABLE
AT TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE HIGH BIFURCATES OVER THE
MAINLAND DURING THE DAY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. ANOTHER SYSTEM
DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OVER THE WEEKEND WILL SEND
ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE KEYS WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY. THIS LEADS INTO A PERIOD OF FRESHENING SOUTHWESTERLY
BREEZES SUNDAY NIGHT VEERING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY WITH FRESH TO STRONG BREEZES ANTICIPATED.
AVIATION
(15Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 900 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2025
THROUGH 08/12Z, PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH EYW
AND MTH.
CLIMATE
ON THIS DAY IN 1917, THE DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.35" WAS
RECORDED AT KEY WEST. THIS WAS ALSO THE THIRD-WETTEST MARCH DAY ON
RECORD FOR KEY WEST. RAINFALL RECORDS FOR KEY WEST DATE BACK TO
1871.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
KEY WEST 74 69 81 71 / 0 0 0 0
MARATHON 76 69 83 71 / 0 0 0 0
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AJP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....KASPER
DATA ACQUISITION.....AJP
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