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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
629 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2014

.DISCUSSION...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...PULLING
AN ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION. BEHIND THE FRONT...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A
COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF RAINFALL WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLACKEN
APPRECIABLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BEFORE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO
20 MPH OVERSPREAD OUR ARE LATE SATURDAY.

FLZ076>078-191000-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
629 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2014

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      SAT

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        MCLDY        PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     10           50           30
WEATHER TYPE          SHOWERS      TSTMS        SHOWERS
TEMP                  84           74           81
RH %                  63           82           60
20FT WIND AM(MPH)     SE 16                     W 13
20FT WIND PM(MPH)     SE 13        SE 12        W 17
PRECIP DURATION       1            2            1
PRECIP BEGIN          6 AM         CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   CONTINUING   2 PM
PRECIP AMOUNT         1            2            1
LAL                   1            2            1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4459         1526         4000
TRANSPORT WND(MPH)    SE 21        S 15         W 16
DISPERSION INDEX      55           13           50
MAX LVORI                          4

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS NEAR 70. HIGHS
NEAR 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 10 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF
RAIN 10 PERCENT EACH PERIOD.

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