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FXUS62 KKEY 090337
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1037 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2014

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT WEATHER SUMMARY -- MOSTLY CLEAR...COOL...AND COMFORTABLE.
CURRENTLY...AIR TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM NEAR 60F IN CALM...ISLAND
INTERIOR LOCATIONS TO UPPER 60S AT SOME COASTAL LOCATIONS ALONG HAWK
CHANNEL. WINDS ARE LIGHT...AND GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTHEAST OR
EAST. RADAR IS VOID OF PRECIPITATION ECHOES. DATA FROM THE KEY WEST
EVENING RAWINSONDE OBSERVATION REVEALED A STRONG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION
BASED NEAR 2000 FEET ELEVATION WITH A DEEP LAYER OF DRY AND STABLE
AIR ALOFT. LARGE-SCALE RIDGING HAS TAKEN HOLD OF THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE MOMENT...WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CELL SPILLING
SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN GULF COAST STATES DOWN...DOWN THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND ACROSS THE GREATER ANTILLES.

OVERNIGHT FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS -- A COOL AND MOSTLY CLEAR LATE WINTER
NIGHT IS EXPECTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.

REMEMBER TO SPRING FORWARD -- SET CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR.
&&

.MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE ATLANTIC
ON TUESDAY. NORTHEAST BREEZES TONIGHT WILL TURN EAST ON SUNDAY...AND
SOUTHEAST BY TUESDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...
THROUGH 09/24Z...PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH EYW
AND MTH.
&&

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

$$

PUBLIC/MARINE.........KASPER
AVIATION/NOWCASTS.....KASPER
DATA COLLECTION.......PARKE

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