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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
244 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 245 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2025
SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED ABUNDANT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
AND OVER THE LOWER KEYS THROUGH TODAY. SATELLITE DEPICTS MOST OF
THE CLOUD COVERAGE FOR THE CWA IS IN THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH IT HAS
RAINED. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN HAS WARMED UP TO THE
UPPER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ALONG THE REEF ARE NEAR 10 KNOTS
AND MOSTLY NORTHERLY.
TOMORROW, A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORIDA AND THROUGH OUR
AREA INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE
DRY, THEREFORE POPS REMAIN NEAR NIL AS IT PASSES THROUGH. WINDS
WILL BREIFLY ELEVATED TO JUST BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS WITH A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF HEADLINES FOR SATURDAY
NIGHT. DEWPOINTS WILL DROP IN TO THE LOWER 50S MAKING FOR A NICE
SUNDAY IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. AFTER THE WEEKEND, A RIDGE WILL TAKE
OVER THE EASTERN US MAKING FOR A RETURN OF OUR TYPICAL EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS AND DEWPOINTS CREEPING BACK INTO THE MID 60S BY
LATE WEEK. FOR THE TIME BEING, NOT MUCH IS ON THE HORIZON OF THE
LONG TERM FORECAST IN TERMS OF NOTABLE WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR ANY
UPDATES.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 245 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2025
NO WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THE FLORIDA KEYS WATERS. FROM SYNOPSIS, A BRIEF PERIOD OF
FRESHENING BREEZES IS LIKELY DURING THE BETWEEN TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OUR AREA, BUT IT IS
STILL UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE
NEEDED AS IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE VERY BORDERLINE. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN AGAIN ONCE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES OUT OF THE AREA ON
SUNDAY, AND BREEZES WILL SLACKEN WHILE VEERING EASTERLY FOR THE
BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. AFTER THAT HIGH PRESSURE TRACKS EASTWARD
AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA, A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE MOVING ACROSS THE
EASTERN U.S. WILL ALLOW FOR BREEZES TO SLACKEN FURTHER AND BECOME
VARIABLE.
AVIATION
(15Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 245 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT BOTH EYW AND MTH FOR THE REST OF
TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO BUBBLE ALONG THE
LOWER KEYS BUT RECENT MODELS PROJECT THESE SHOWERS SHIFTING SOUTH
OVER THE NEXT COULD OF HOURS OUT OF THE VICINITY OF EYW. NEAR
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE OUT O THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT 6 TO 11
KNOTS.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....JAM
DATA ACQUISITION.....JAM
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