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FXUS62 KKEY 131443  
AFDKEY  
  
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1043 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2025  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION  
  
   
DISCUSSION  
  
ISSUED AT 1043 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2025  
  
WINDS HAVE QUICKLY COME DOWN FROM THE EARLY MORNING SURGE.  
CURRENTLY SEEING SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS THE REEF TRACT.  
IN ADDITION, WE HAD SOME MARINE STRATO CU ACCOMPANY THIS SURGE.  
THIS DECK OF CLOUDS HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWEST AS A RESULT OF A LAND  
BREEZE THAT CAME OFF THE MAINLAND. THERE IS ANOTHER BOUNDARY THAT  
IS RESIDING ACROSS THE GULFSTREAM OFF THE UPPER KEYS THAT IS  
SLOWLY WORKING WESTWARD. LOOKING AT KAMX RADAR, THERE ARE NO  
SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NEXT BOUNDARY.  
  
IN FACT BOTH MIAMI'S AND OUR SOUNDING SHOWS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT   
OF DRY AIR THROUGHOUT THE LAYER. THEREFORE, NOT EXPECTING RAIN   
CHANCES FOR TODAY. AFTER FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S THIS MORNING,   
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN BACK INTO THE LOWER 70S AND ARE THEIR WAY   
TO NEAR 80 DEGREES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LIKEWISE, DEW POINTS HAVE  
FALLEN INTO THE MID 50S AND WILL LIKELY ONLY RECOVER A FEW POINTS  
THIS AFTERNOON. NO CHANGES ARE NEEDED OR PLANNED FOR THIS UPDATE   
CYCLE.  
  
  
   
MARINE  
  
ISSUED AT 1043 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2025  
  
GENTLE TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY   
BREEZES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL   
CONTINUE TO BUILD IN, AND CROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. OVER THE   
NEXT FEW DAYS. BREEZES WILL RESPOND BY VEERING AROUND THE CLOCK. A  
REINFORCING HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVING TOWARDS THURSDAY WILL LEAD TO   
FRESHENING BREEZES.  
  
  
   
AVIATION  
  
(15Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1043 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2025  
  
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE ISLAND TERMINALS TODAY. SURFACE   
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN, POTENTIALLY BECOMING LIGHT AND   
VARIABLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO   
GENTLY PICKUP OUT OF THE EAST EARLY THIS EVENING.  
  
  
   
CLIMATE  
  
ON THIS DATE IN FLORIDA KEYS WEATHER HISTORY:  IN 2004, A LARGE,   
LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM TRACKED EASTWARD FROM THE DRY   
TORTUGAS, IMPACTING KEY WEST JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. A WIND GUST OF 76   
MPH WAS RECORDED BY AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION NEAR DRY TORTUGAS   
NATIONAL PARK AT IOWA ROCK.  WIND GUSTS TO 51 MPH WERE OBSERVED AT   
KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ALONG WITH A DAILY-RECORD RAINFALL OF   
1.89".  
  
  
   
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
  
FL...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
  
  
  
  
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...LIW  
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11  
DATA ACQUISITION.....11  
  
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