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FXUS62 KKEY 111457
AFDKEY

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Key West FL
1057 AM EDT Thu Oct 11 2018

.DISCUSSION...
.CURRENTLY...
Under partly cloudy skies and southwest winds of 10 to 15 mph,
temperatures are averaging in the mid 80s along the island chain.
Meanwhile, local radars are detecting only isolated showers along
the Florida Keys and the adjacent nearshore waters. Surface wise,
a western Atlantic ridge lies across the extreme southern straits
of Florida and the archipelago of Cuba. On our marine district,
winds are mainly southwest at 10 knots or less. 

&&

.SHORT TERM...(Rest of Today)
Given plenty of moisture below 700 mb and no large scale
subsidence, mesoscale forcing in the form of reverse west cloud 
line genesis (sw-ne) and cloud streets will prompt low chance pops
to be retained. Enough insolation will allow high temperatures to
climb into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees.

&&

.MARINE...
Outside of residual northwest swells emanating into the outer 
Waters of Mainland Monroe resulting in a Small Craft
Should Exercise Caution for these coastal waters, mainly southwest
winds near 10 knots can be expected for the rest of our marine
district. 

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR conditions will prevail this afternoon at the island terminals. 
With that said, a weak flow paralleling the island chain will result 
in periods of island cloud line formation. Some of this activity may 
briefly produce sub VFR conditions at the island terminals, 
particularly at MTH. Surface winds will be light out of the 
southwest.

&&

.CLIMATE...
In 1953, the daily record low temperature of 68 degrees was 
recorded in Key West. Temperature records date back to 1872. 

&&

.KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GM...None.
&&

$$

Public/Marine/Fire...APA
Aviation/Nowcasts....11
Data Collection......BT

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