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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
653 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY
AND TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO ONLY ABOUT 60-65
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND TOP OUT OVER 80 PERCENT TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...RAIN CHANCES SHOULD REMAIN SLIM AS A WEAKENING FRONT
APPROACHES THE AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS WILL
SHIFT AROUND FROM SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING TO SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING...
AND FINALLY NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.

FLZ076>078-161130-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
653 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      WED

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        MCLDY        MCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     20           30           20
WEATHER TYPE          SHOWERS      SHOWERS      SHOWERS
TEMP                  85           74           83
RH %                  63           82           65
20FT WIND AM(MPH)     SE 10                     N 13
20FT WIND PM(MPH)     S 10         W  8         NE 13
PRECIP DURATION       1            2            1
PRECIP BEGIN          8 AM         CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP AMOUNT         1            2            1
LAL                   1            1            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4500         200          4000
TRANSPORT WND(MPH)    S 13         W  5         NE 16
DISPERSION INDEX      46           1            45
MAX LVORI                          6

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING EAST.
CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN
THE MID 80S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
PERCENT.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15
MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT BOTH FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN MID 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 10 PERCENT EACH NIGHT AND DAY.

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