549  
FXUS62 KKEY 070226  
AFDKEY  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1026 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025  
 
A SURFACE THROUGH LOWER LEVEL ATLANTIC RIDGE REACHES WESTWARD  
ACROSS THE KEYS THIS EVENING. THIS IS KEEPING WINDS LIGHT TO  
GENTLE OUT OF THE SOUTH. WEAK RIDGING IS IN PLACE THROUGH THE MID  
AND UPPER LEVELS. HOWEVER, THIS EVENINGS SOUNDING EXHIBITED A  
CONSIDERABLE CAPE, A PRECIPITABLE WATER OF 1.92 INCHES, AND A SLIVER  
OF INHIBITION. THIS ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTED A LINE OF CUBAN SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT RECENTLY DROVE THROUGH THE LOWER KEYS AND  
NOW FINALLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS.  
 
THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH  
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZES TO  
BACK SOUTHEASTERLY AND PERHAPS STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY. THE  
ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN WEAKLY CAPPED AND QUITE UNSTABLE. AS A  
RESULT, A ROUND OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE  
COMPLETELY RULED OUT. WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE FOR  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM CONVECTION, OVERNIGHT LOWS  
WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025  
 
THE WESTERN FLANK OF AN ATLANTIC RIDGE ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS  
AND THE KEYS WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA  
OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT, LIGHT TO GENTLE MOSTLY SOUTHERLY BREEZES  
WILL BACK SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AND STRENGTHEN MODESTLY. ONLY MINOR  
ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN THE EVENING MARINE UPDATE.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1019 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE ISLAND TERMINALS OVERNIGHT.  
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO GENTLE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TO  
SOUTH.  
 
 
   
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...11  
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11  
DATA ACQUISITION.....AJP  
 
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