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FXUS62 KKEY 141910
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
310 PM EDT MON APR 14 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON APR 14 2025
NOT TOO MANY CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE THIS
MORNING IN THE KEYS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN HAVE
WARMED TO NEAR 80 AND IN SOME LOCATIONS TO THE LOWER 80S. WINDS
ALONG THE REEF HAVE STAYED CONSISTENTLY AT NEAR 10 KNOTS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CLOUD COVERAGE HAS BEEN SLOWLY DISPERSING
MAKING FOR SUNNIER CONDITIONS AROUND OUR CWA.
TONIGHT, WINDS WILL START TO SLACKEN FURTHER AHEAD OF A BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS COLD
FRONT WILL BRING REINFORCEMENT OF THE LOWER TO MID 60 DEW POINTS
WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. AGAIN, THIS WILL BE
A DRY FRONT SO RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN NEAR NIL THROUGH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXTENDED PERIOD HAS
TO DO WITH WINDS DUE TO DRY AIR LIMITING SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR WHAT
APPEARS TO BE THE END OF THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TIGHTENED
THE GRADIENT ELEVATING OUR WINDS LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND. AS OF NOW, IT IS TOO EARLY TO NAIL DOWN EXACT SPEEDS BUT
NEAR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE WEEKEND.
AS THE HIGH STRENGTHENS AND IT BECOMES CLOSER TO TIME CONFIDENCE
ON EXACT MAGNITUDES WILL INCREASE. STAY TUNED.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON APR 14 2025 THERE ARE NO WATCHES,
WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS WATERS.
FROM SYNOPSIS, HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
U.S. WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF EASTERLY GENTLE BREEZES THROUGH
TONIGHT. BREEZES WILL SLACKEN AS A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE KEYS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THEN, REINFORCING
HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVES TOWARDS THURSDAY LEADING TO A STRONGER ROUND
OF FRESHENING BREEZES.
AVIATION
(15Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON APR 14 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT. WIND WILL BE GENTLE OUT OF THE
EAST TO SOUTHEAST.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11
DATA ACQUISITION.....11
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