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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
539 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE MORNING. IT
WILL BE SEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID...WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES
ONLY DROPPING TO AROUND 65 PERCENT. THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO
GENTLE...VARYING IN DIRECTION BY THIS AFTERNOON...EAST TO SOUTHEAST
OTHERWISE.


FLZ076>078-231130-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
539 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      WED

CLOUD COVER           MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     50           50           40
WEATHER TYPE          TSTMS        TSTMS        TSTMS
TEMP                  90           79           91
RH %                  62           81           61
20FT WIND AM(MPH)     SE  5                     SE  8
20FT WIND PM(MPH)     S  5         SE  5        SE  9
PRECIP DURATION       2            2            2
PRECIP BEGIN          6 AM         CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP AMOUNT         2            2            2
LAL                   3            3            2
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4500         300          4500
TRANSPORT WND(MPH)    S  7         SE  6        SE 10
DISPERSION INDEX      25           0            34
MAX LVORI                          4

REMARKS...NONE.


.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT EACH NIGHT AND DAY.
.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT EACH DAY AND NIGHT.

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