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FXUS62 KKEY 071451
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1051 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1050 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
ANOTHER GREAT DAY TO BE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS! MOSTLY SUNNY TO
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS OUR CWA CAN BE SEEN ON GOES-19
SATELLITE. TEMPERATURES ON THE ISLAND CHAIN ARE IN THE LOWER 80S
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. WINDS ALONG THE REEF ARE EAST TO
SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THIS MORNING'S 12Z KKEY SOUNDING
MEASURED 1.34 INCHES OF PWAT MAJORITY OF THIS MOISTURE LOCATED IN
THE LOWER-LEVELS. DRY AIR ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT SHOWER
ACTIVITY THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. FOR TONIGHT, NOT MUCH IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE WITH OUR AIRMASS AS RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN
NEAR NIL. WINDS WILL SLACKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THEREAFTER
LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZES SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW
PERIODS. NO CHANCES WERE NECESSARY TO THIS UPDATE.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1050 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
NO WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL
WINDS DECREASE FOR THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. FROM SYNOPSIS, AN
ATLANTIC RIDGE OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZES. THIS ALONG WITH SLOPPY TROUGHING
IN THE GULF WILL KEEP BREEZES MODERATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK. A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST THIS WEEKEND ALLOWING FOR FRESHENING WINDS AND INCREASED
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1050 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT BOTH ISLAND TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD, WITH NIL MEASURABLE RAIN CHANCES. NEAR SURFACE WINDS WILL
REMAIN EAST SOUTHEASTERLY SUSTAINED AT 8 TO 12 KNOTS, WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS 16 TO 20 KNOTS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.
CLIMATE
ON THIS DAY IN 1937, THE DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.08" WAS RECORDED
IN KEY WEST. APRIL RAINFALL RECORDS FOR KEY WEST DATE BACK TO
1871.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....BT
DATA ACQUISITION.....BT
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