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FXUS62 KKEY 261454
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1054 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1054 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025
BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS! KBYX RADAR HAS REMAINED
SHOWER-FREE THROUGH THIS MORNING, WITH GOES-19 SATELLITE IMAGERY
DEPICTING VERY LITTLE CLOUD COVERAGE ACROSS OUR CWA. TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN ARE ALREADY NEARING THE UPPER 80S AND DEW
POINTS ARE IN THE MID 70S MAKING FOR A TOASTY DAY OUTSIDE. WINDS
ALONG THE REEF ARE SOUTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THIS MORNING'S
12Z KKEY SOUNDING REVEALED A DRY PROFILE AND MIMIC PRECIPITABLE
WATER SUGGESTS FURTHER DRY AIR WILL PROGRESS WEST INTO OUR AREA
THROUGHOUT TODAY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY, SHOWER ACTIVITY
WILL BE LIMITED, ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE TIME OF YEAR NOW WHERE
THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR SOME POP UP
SHOWERS AT ANY POINT IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THE TREND
OF LULLING IN THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS AND ARE
EXPECTED TO RE- PEAK LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO
CHANGES WERE NEEDED TO THE CURRENT FORECAST AS WE WILL BE IN A
SIMILAR PATTERN FOR THE NEXT FEW PERIODS.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1054 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025
NO WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THE FLORIDA KEYS WATERS. FROM SYNOPSIS, HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN
ENTRENCHED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS, MEANDERING AND FLUCTUATING IN STRENGTH SLIGHTLY DAY TO DAY.
THIS WILL LEAD TO MAINLY GENTLE TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST
BREEZES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY. IN THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA, BREEZES MAY OCCASIONALLY BECOME MODERATE TO FRESH.
BREEZES WILL PEAK LATE EVENING INTO THE MORNING HOURS AND LULL IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENINGS.
AVIATION
(15Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1054 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT BOTH EYW AND MTH THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE LIMITED TODAY AS DRY AIR MOVES
OVER THE AIRPORTS THEREFORE NO MENTION OF VCSH AT EITHER TERMINAL.
NEAR SURFACE WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...AP
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....AP
DATA ACQUISITION.....AP
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