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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
857 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

.DISCUSSION...
.CURRENTLY...
THE EVENING SOUNDING VERIFIES THE STORY FROM WINDOW VISION AND
SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS...CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE CULPRIT FOR THE GREAT EVENING
IS A HIGH PRESSURE CELL CURRENTLY PARKED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO AND SOUTH FLORIDA.

.FORECAST...
DO NOT EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW THE UPPER 60S
OVERNIGHT...WHILE THE DAYTIME MAXIMA REBOUNDS TO NEAR 80 TUESDAY.
THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY GRIND EASTWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN
ADVANCING COOL FRONT. WINDS WILL VEER THROUGH SOUTH...TO NORTHWEST AS
THE FRONT ARRIVES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NOT MUCH PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT BUT A ROBUST AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO THE DEEP SOUTH INCREASING THE GRADIENT WINDS OVER THE AREA
THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A HIGH
PRESSURE CELL DRIFTS SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
WEDNESDAY A FRONT WILL MAKE WAY FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH A
STRONG RIDGE IN ITS WAKE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. EXPECT A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND EXPANDING OVER THE ENTIRE KEYS COASTAL AND OFFSHORE
WATERS THURSDAY. THE ROBUST RIDGE MAY CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE KEYS
AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD
DIMINISH SATURDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT BOTH THE KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AND
MARATHON ISLAND TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THERE MAY BE SOME
BRIEF CEILINGS BELOW 3K FEET BUT NOT ENOUGH COVERAGE TO WARRANT MVFR
IN THE FORECAST. VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AND
GRADUALLY INCREASE AFTER 11Z.

&&

.CLIMATE...
ON THIS DATE IN KEYS WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1941...THE LOW TEMPERATURE
IN KEY WEST WAS 54 DEGREES. THIS SET THE DAILY RECORD FOR MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE MEASURED IN KEY WEST ON MARCH 10TH...A RECORD WHICH
STILL STANDS 73 YEARS LATER. TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE
BACK TO 1872.

&&

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

$$

PUBLIC/MARINE/FIRE/CLIMATE/DIGITAL/AVIATION/NOWCASTS.....BWC
DATA COLLECTION.......L. KASPER

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