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FXUS62 KKEY 100234
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1034 PM EDT SUN MAR 9 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT SUN MAR 9 2025
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE IS RETREATING EASTWARD AS A DEEPENING
SURFACE LOW RIDES EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST. THIS HAS RESULTED
IN LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZES ACROSS THE KEYS THIS EVENING. DEEP
LAYERED RIDGING IS SHIFTING EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA.
HOWEVER, THE COLUMN REMAINS FAIRLY DRY AND INHIBITED. THIS
EVENINGS SOUNDING INDICATED PRECIPITABLE WATER OF AROUND .89
INCHES AND INHIBITION BASED AROUND 950 MB. WITH THAT SAID, LOWER
LEVEL MOISTURE IS RISING.
EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT FURTHER TO SOUTHERLY AND STRENGTHEN MODESTLY
OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE RETREATS AND A PREFRONTAL TROUGH
ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW SHIFTS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF.
THIS STEADY BREEZE WILL LIKELY HOLD OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR CURRENT
READINGS IN THE LOWER 70S AND DEW POINTS CLIMBING A COUPLE OR FEW
DEGREES INTO THE LOWER 70S. THE LOWER LEVEL INHIBITION IS EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN WHILE THE BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO MOISTEN. WILL
MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE DUE TO FORCING REMAINING LIMITED.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT SUN MAR 9 2025
LOOSE ATLANTIC RIDGING STRETCHING PAST THE BAHAMAS AND THE KEYS
WILL PULL FURTHER EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AS A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW
DRIVES EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST AND INTO THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES. AS A RESULT, LOCAL BREEZES WILL START OUT LIGHT
SOUTHEASTERLY, BECOMING SOUTHERLY AND STRENGTHENING MODESTLY.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT SUN MAR 9 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE ISLAND TERMINALS OVERNIGHT.
SURFACE WINDS WILL START OUT LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST, THEN
STRENGTHENING MODESTLY WHILE SHIFTING SOUTHERLY.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...11
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11
DATA ACQUISITION.....DR
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