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FXUS62 KKEY 191358
AFDKEY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
958 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.DISCUSSION...
UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...TEMPERATURES IN THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN ARE
RISING THROUGH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S. WINDS ARE GENTLE TO MODERATE FROM
THE EAST/SOUTHEAST. KBYX DOPPLER RADAR IS VOID OF PRECIPITATION ECHOES
IN OR ANYWHERE NEAR THE KEYS SERVICE AREA AT THIS HOUR.

THE LOCAL MORNING SOUNDING INDICATES A SHALLOW INVERSION BASED CLOSE
TO 3000 FEET...AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR EXTENDING WELL ABOVE THIS
LEVEL. WINDS ARE MODERATE AT BEST TO THE INVERSION LAYER...AND ARE
LIGHT TO GENTLE EXTENDING TO WELL ABOVE 15000 FEET. A LOW AMPLITUDE
MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH AN AXIS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH THESE
CONDITIONS IN PLACE...A FEW SHOWERS ARE ABOUT THE BEST WE CAN HOPE
FOR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FIRST PERIOD. THERE IS NO REASON TO
AMEND THE EARLY MORNING ZONE FORECAST.

&&

.MARINE...
EXPECT GENTLE TO MODERATE EAST/SOUTHEAST BREEZES ACROSS ALL WATERS
SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. RECREATIONAL BOATING IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN RATHER PLEASANT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN ALL MARINE ZONES.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT EYW AND MTH TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS FROM JUST OFF
THE SURFACE TO ABOUT 5000 FEET ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.CLIMATE...
ON THIS DATE IN KEYS WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1995...THE LOW TEMPERATURE
AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 82 DEGREES. THIS SET THE DAILY
RECORD FOR WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER MEASURED IN KEY WEST ON
MAY 19TH...A RECORD WHICH STILL STANDS 18 YEARS LATER. IN
ADDITION....THIS LOW TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES IS TIED AS THE
WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN KEY WEST DURING THE
MONTH OF MAY. TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE BACK TO 1872.


&&

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

&&

$$

PUBLIC/MARINE.........04
AVIATION/CLIMATE/NOWCASTS.....BS
DATA COLLECTION.......VICKERY

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