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FXUS62 KKEY 110256
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1056 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1055 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2025
A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH OUR AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING NOW
LOCATED OVER THE BAHAMAS AND STILL ABLE TO BE SEEN ON KBYX RADAR.
AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS MOVED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS EARLIER,
LITTLE RAIN WAS OBSERVED WITH EYW ONLY RECORDED A TRACE OF RAIN.
LIGHTNING WAS FREQUENT AT TIMES BUT THIS MOSTLY REMAINED IN THE
DISTANT STRAITS. NOW KBYX REMAINS ECHO-FREE AND NIGHTTIME
MICROPHYSICS DETECTS MOST OF THE CLOUDS ALONG THE ISLAND CHAIN
HAVE RETREATED TO THE STRAITS. THE REEF IS CURRENTLY RECORDING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS. TEMPERATURES POST COLD FRONT
ARE NOW NEAR 70. FOR OVERNIGHT, ELEVATED WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS OF NEAR 25 KNOTS OVER THE ISLAND CHAIN AND A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1055 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2025
A SMALL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS. FROM SYNOPSIS, FRESH TO STRONG NORTHWESTERLY
BREEZES IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PASSAGE THAT OCCURRED EARLIER
THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY SLACKEN THROUGH TOMORROW. HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GULF WILL SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE WORK
WEEK, WITH GENTLE BREEZES CLOCKING AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST, THEN
EAST, THEN TO THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1055 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2025
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT BOTH EYW AND MTH THROUGH
THE TAF PERIOD. NEAR SURFACE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED
OVERNIGHT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF NEAR 25 KNOTS.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR GMZ031>035-
042>044-052>055-072>075.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....AP
DATA ACQUISITION.....DR
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