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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for the Florida Keys
National Weather Service Key West FL
442 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 2024

.Discussion...
Below normal rain chances are expected to continue today,
then rain chances will increase late tonight and Tuesday,
along with increasing easterly breezes. Minimum afternoon
RHs will remain near or above 60 percent. An extended
period of windy and wet weather is forecast from Tuesday
night through Friday, as a tropical low likely develops
into a tropical cyclone while lifting northward from the
northwestern Caribbean Sea through the eastern Gulf of
Mexico.


FLZ076>078-232315-
Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower Keys-
Including the cities of Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West
442 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Tue

Cloud Cover           Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy
Chance Precip (%)     20           40           50
Weather Type          Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Max/Min Temp          91           81           90
Min/Max RH %          61           88           67
Wind 20ft AM (mph)    E  5                      E  8
Wind 20ft PM (mph)    E  7         E  8         E  9
Precip Duration       1            2            2
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing
Precip Amount         0.01         0.09         0.11
LAL                   2            2            3
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    3800         1900         3700
Transport Wnd (mph)   E 12         E 16         E 21
Dispersion Index      39           20           54
Max LVORI             4            4            4

Remarks...None.


.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Becoming
breezy. Lows near 80. Southeast winds increasing to 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Locally
heavy rainfall possible. Windy. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
Southeast winds increasing to 20 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90
percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Showers with a chance of
thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Windy. Lows near
80. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.
Windy. Lows near 80. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Breezy in
the morning. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 80s. Highs near 90.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly to mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 80s. Highs
near 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.

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