706
FXUS62 KKEY 081520
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1020 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 854 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2025
THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MARCH OPENS WITH UNEVENTFUL WEATHER ACROSS
THE KEYS. SOUTHERLY LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZES SUPPORTED AN INCREASE
IN DEW POINTS ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN INTO THE UPPER 60S LAST
NIGHT. GOES EAST SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS SHOW SPARSE CLOUD COVERAGE
ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING, THOUGH PATCHES OF STRATUS CLOUD ARE
VISIBLE MOVING TOWARDS THE KEYS FROM THE GULF. THE MORNING
SOUNDING SAMPLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL PWAT BELOW THE 10TH PERCENTILE
AND A PRONOUNCED INVERSION, SO EXPECTING MINIMAL IF ANY CLOUD
COVER. IN ALL, EXPECTING A WARMER THAN AVERAGE DAY ACROSS THE
FLORIDA KEYS WITH COLLAPSING BREEZES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. ENJOY
THE QUIET WEATHER WHILE IT LASTS, AS THE START OF THE WEEK LOOKS
MESSY.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 854 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2025
FROM SYNOPSIS, THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A HIGH OVER THE WESTERN
NORTH ATLANTIC WILL MAINTAIN GENTLE TO AT TIMES MODERATE SOUTHEAST
TO SOUTH BREEZES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT A PERIOD OF
VARIABLE BREEZES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, AND AGAIN
LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL SEND
ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE KEYS WATERS SOMETIME ON MONDAY.
MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES MONDAY MORNING WILL RAPIDLY BECOME
FRESH TO STRONG NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, ANOTHER HIGH SLIDES ACROSS THE
GULF WHICH WILL MAINTAIN GENTLE TO MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST
BREEZES TUESDAY WITH A SHIFT TO THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 854 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2025
THROUGH 09/12Z, PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH EYW
AND MTH.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
KEY WEST 80 71 82 74 / 0 0 0 20
MARATHON 81 71 84 74 / 0 0 0 20
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AJP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....KASPER
DATA ACQUISITION.....AJP
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