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FXUS62 KKEY 030338
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1038 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
-NEARLY IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN THE COLDEST OVERNIGHT LOWS THUS FAR IN THE SEASON.
MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE QUITE A BIT FROM THE UPPER 40S TO MID 60S.
-VEERING BREEZES WILL BRING IN A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND, WITH HIGHS TRENDING TOWARDS THE MID 70S.
-NEAR NIL RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 826 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2026
IT'S ANOTHER COOL NIGHT IN THE KEYS DUE TO ONGOING RADIATIONAL
COOLING. THIS COOLING IS BEING ALLOWED BY A SURFACE HIGH CENTERED
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
AND FAINT VARIABLE BREEZES. NOT SURPRISINGLY, CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
SPAN A CONSIDERABLE RANGE FROM NEAR 50 TO THE MID 60S. A STABLE
ANTICYCLONIC REGIME WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL. AS A RESULT, RAIN
CHANCES WILL BE NIL WITH PATCHES OF STRATOCUMULUS WAFTING ACROSS
THE AREA. DEW POINTS ARE GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 50S. CONSEQUENTLY,
MANY LOCATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO COOL A BIT FURTHER, WHILE
OTHER LOCATIONS WILL STRUGGLE TO FALL TO 60.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 826 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2026
A SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS WILL
RESULT IN LIGHT AND VARIABLE BREEZES OVERNIGHT. NO CHANGES PLANNED
FOR THE OVERNIGHT UPDATE.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 826 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE ISLANDS TERMINALS OVERNIGHT.
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...11
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11
DATA ACQUISITION.....DR
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