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FXUS62 KKEY 110240
AFDKEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1040 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- HIGH PRESSURE DOMINANT ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
RELATIVELY UNREMARKABLE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
- GENERALLY GENTLE TO MODERATE EASTERLY BREEZES WILL PREVAIL,
EVENTUALLY VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST BY EARLY THURSDAY.
- MODERATE DROUGHT CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE ISLAND CHAIN. BURN
BANS ARE POSSIBLE, TREES AND BUSHES BEGIN BROWNING, AND WATER
SUPPLY DECREASES. INCREASING MOISTURE IS ANTICIPATED TOWARDS
LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGING SOME BENEFICIAL
RAIN.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026
DEEP LAYERED RIDGING REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE BROADER AREA WITH
A SHARP MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STRETCHING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE GULF. AT THE SURFACE, AN ATLANTIC HIGH EXTENDS A ROBUST RIDGE
WESTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND ACROSS THE GULF. THIS
SURFACE RIDGE IS SUPPORTING MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZES
ACROSS THE KEYS. CONSEQUENTLY, CONDITIONS ARE WARM WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND DEW POINTS NEAR 70. THIS
EVENINGS SOUNDING INDICATED MIDDLING PRECIPITABLE WATER WITH A
SLIVER OF INHIBITION BELOW 900 MB. THIS, ALONG WITH LITTLE TO NO
LIFTING, HAS KEPT SHOWER ACTIVITY MINIMAL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
EXPECT RIDGING TO CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH THE
NIGHT. EXPECT GENTLE TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZES TO
HOLD UP OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 70S. DEW POINTS WILL MEANDER
NEAR 70. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN SLIM TO NONE. NO UPDATE PLANNED
FOR THE ONGOING LOCAL FORECAST.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026
THE WESTERN FLANK OF AN ATLANTIC HIGH WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE EAST TO
SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZES, WITH THE STRONGEST BREEZES SEEN ON THE
FLORIDA STRAITS. A MARINE CAUTION REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FLORIDA STRAITS AND NO CHANGES MADE IN THE EVENING MARINE UPDATE.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1030 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE ISLAND TERMINALS OVERNIGHT.
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE GENTLE TO MODERATE OUT OF THE EAST TO
SOUTHEAST.
KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...NONE.
GM...NONE.
PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE...11
AVIATION/NOWCASTS....11
DATA ACQUISITION.....LIW
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