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#533654 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:20 PM 11.Aug.2012)
AFDKEY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1010 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

.DISCUSSION...
A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WHICH DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER WESTERN
CUBA AROUND MIDDAY MOVED SLOWLY NORTH AND WEAKENED OVER THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA. ITS REMNANTS ARE NOW DISSIPATING OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS
WHERE IT IS CLOUDY WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN BEING REPORTED. ACTIVE
CUMULUS CONVECTION CELLS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
PERIPHERY OF THE DECAYING CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...OVER THE EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM NEAR MARCO ISLAND TO WELL SOUTHWEST
OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. THESE CELLS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY...LOCATED
WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT LOWER-TROPOSPHERIC WINDS.

AS THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE FLORIDA KEYS GRADUALLY DESTABILIZES IN
WAKE OF THE DISSIPATING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...NEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIATE ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WITHIN A
DEEP MOIST LAYER OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE CURRENTLY FORECAST ABOVE-
AVERAGE RAIN CHANCES REMAIN APPROPRIATE...AND NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATES
ARE PLANNED.
&&

.MARINE...
WINDS HAVE TEMPORARILY SURGED FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AS THE
GRADIENT LOCALLY STEEPENED THANKS TO HIGHER PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE
KEYS ASSOCIATED WITH A MCS COLD POOL. THIS IS TEMPORARY...AND WINDS
SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT AROUND ACTIVE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
&&

.AVIATION...
VALID THROUGH 13/00Z...VFR WILL PREVAIL AT KEYW AND KMTH THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS UNTIL LATE
EVENING/ EARLY MORNING...WHEN WINDS BACK TO MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. A
CHANCE FOR RAIN EXISTS AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH 05Z...BUT CONFIDENCE
IN TIMING AND INTENSITY IS LOW...REQUIRING VCSH.
&&

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

$$
#533581 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:41 PM 11.Aug.2012)
AFDKEY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
331 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

.DISCUSSION...
ASIDE FROM A FEW CELLS ON THE GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS VERY
RECENTLY...A FEW CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN
ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN GULF WATERS ARE ABOUT THE ONLY ECHOES ON KBYX
IN THE KEYS SERVICE AREA TODAY. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF SEPARATING FROM THE NORTHERN CUBAN COAST. WINDS
REMAIN GENTLE FROM THE SOUTH AND THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN THE VEIL OF
HIGHER CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND CHAIN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.

THE SOUTHERLY STEERING FLOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. THERE IS A HIGHER PROBABILITY THAT THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR SOUTH WILL EITHER MAINTAIN THEMSELVES OR SUPPLY
BOUNDARIES FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS EVENING
AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. A BROAD TROUGH IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE COUNTRY WILL BE LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST BY SUNDAY AS DEEP
RIDGING BEGINS TO SET UP OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS. THERE WILL
BE DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY BUT THE WINDS
THROUGH ABOUT 5000 FEET WILL BEGIN TO BACK TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST.
WILL CUT OUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION BACK TO A LOW
CHANCE ON SUNDAY. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT AND THE
CONTINUING SETUP OF DEEP RIDGING WILL CUT OUR RAIN CHANCES BACK
CONSIDERABLY. THIS HAS BEEN THE REASONING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
FORECAST CYCLES...AND THE RECENT MODEL RUNS HAVE NOT DEVIATED FROM
THIS SOLUTION. THE SLIGHT CHANCE POP WILL BE HELD FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. AN ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE TO HOLD THAT LEVEL
THROUGH POSSIBLY THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK...BUT A FEW LOW LEVEL
LOW AMPLITUDE UNDULATIONS THEN THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK WILL PROMPT A
MORE SEASONAL 30 PERCENT POP. BY NEXT WEEKEND...ANOTHER ROUND OF
DRIER AIR ALOFT IS PROBABLE. WE COULD SEE LOWER RAIN CHANCES THEN AS
WELL.

NO TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT ANY OF THE SENSIBLE WEATHER
ELEMENTS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...
AWAY FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY GENTLE SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL PERSIST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BY SUNDAY EVENING...WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AND REMAIN THAT DIRECTION FOR THE
DURATION OF THE FORECAST. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS
EVENING AND LASTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SCATTERED COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED SUNDAY. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...COVERAGE
SHOULD BE ISOLATED.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT KEYW AND KMTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY TO THE NORTH OF KMTH.
THIS EVENING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS...REACHING THE FLORIDA KEYS TERMINALS FROM
SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET THROUGH 03Z AND PROVIDING MVFR CEILINGS AND
BRIEF IFR VISIBILITIES. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY
LATE THIS EVENING WITH VFR AND SHORT-TERM MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY.

&&

.CLIMATE...
ON THIS DATE IN KEYS WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1913...THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE IN KEY WEST WAS 81 DEGREES. THIS SET THE DAILY RECORD
FOR COOLEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEASURED IN KEY WEST ON AUGUST
11TH...A RECORD WHICH STILL STANDS 99 YEARS LATER. IN ADDITION...
THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES IS TIED AS THE COOLEST MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN KEY WEST DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE BACK TO 1872.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KEY WEST 79 88 81 89 / 60 30 20 20
MARATHON 79 91 81 92 / 60 30 20 20

&&

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

$$
#533530 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:50 AM 11.Aug.2012)
AFDKEY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1044 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACROSS THE
KEYS SERVICE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER CELLS HAVE BEEN IN
THE EASTERN ATLANTIC ZONES...AND NORTHERN GULF WATERS OFFSHORE FROM
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY. THERE IS A GENTLE SOUTHERLY BREEZE IN PLACE
WITH THICKER CLOUDS APPROACHING THE ISLAND CHAIN FROM THE STRAITS.
TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING THROUGH THE MIDDLE 80S AT THIS HOUR.

THE LOCAL EARLY MORNING SOUNDING LACKED WIND INFORMATION FROM JUST
OFF THE SURFACE...AND FROM OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH THEY SEEM A BIT
STRONG FROM THE SOUTH BASED ON KBYX AND KAMX VWP PROFILES.
NONETHELESS...THE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION LOOKS GOOD. RECENTLY UPDATED
THE ZONE FORECAST TO TRIM BACK OUR PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION THIS
AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL LIKELY HINDER WIDESPREAD CUBAN DEVELOPMENT AT
LEAST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AND THE LOCAL WRF IS SHOWING ANY
SUBSTANTIAL CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH THE KEYS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
OR EARLY THIS EVENING. AT THIS POINT...CANNOT ARGUE WITH THAT. BUT
THE LOCAL AIRMASS IS CERTAINLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...SO DID NOT WANT
TO GO MUCH BELOW A GOOD CHANCE.

&&

.MARINE...
AWAY FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THROUGH THE
LATER HOURS OF THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT A GENTLE SOUTHERLY BREEZE AND
GENERALLY PLEASANT RECREATIONAL BOATING CONDITIONS IN ALL WATERS
SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
REMAIN GENTLE SUNDAY THROUGH THE BULK OF THE COMING WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
TEMPORARY MVFR CEILINGS CAN BE EXPECTED AT KMTH THE REMAINDER OF THE
MORNING WITH VFR PREVAILING FURTHER WEST AT KEYW. WHILE VFR IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AT BOTH FLORIDA KEYS TERMINALS...EXPECT
INCREASING CIRROSTRATUS DECK FL200 AND ABOVE. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8
KNOTS WILL CONTINUE AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MVFR AND
BRIEF IFR ARE ANTICIPATED A COUPLE HOURS NEAR OR AFTER SUNSET FROM
THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM THE SOUTH. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING SOME GUSTY SOUTH CROSSWINDS NEAR 25
KNOTS.

&&

.CLIMATE...
ON THIS DATE IN KEYS WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1913...THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE IN KEY WEST WAS 81 DEGREES. THIS SET THE DAILY RECORD
FOR COOLEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEASURED IN KEY WEST ON AUGUST
11TH...A RECORD WHICH STILL STANDS 99 YEARS LATER. IN ADDITION...
THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES IS TIED AS THE COOLEST MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN KEY WEST DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE BACK TO 1872.


&&

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

&&

$$
#533455 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:05 AM 11.Aug.2012)
AFDKEY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
300 AM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

.DISCUSSION...IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...500-200 MB...LATEST
AVAILABLE IR IMAGERY COMBINED WITH MODEL STREAMLINE ANALYSIS AS OF
200 AM DEPICT A SOMEWHAT UNSEASONABLY DEEP SYNOPTIC SCALE TROUGH
SITUATED ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS...WITH ITS ASSOCIATED MAIN AXIS
SITUATED FROM UPPER LOW PRESSURE PRESSURE NEAR ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN
SOUTHWARD TO THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. ACROSS THE
TROPICS...THERE IS A NORTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY ORIENTED RIDGE
SITUATED ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC FROM NEAR BERMUDA SOUTHWEST TO
NEAR 25 NORTH 73 WEST. THE FINAL FEATURE OF SIGNIFICANCE IS A
FLATTENING UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW OVER THE NORTHWESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA. THE RELATIVE POSITION AND DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE SYNOPTIC SCALE SCALE FEATURES CURRENTLY PLACE SOUTH FLORIDA
AND THE KEYS UNDER AN AREA OF ENHANCED UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE.

THE AFOREMENTIONED DEEP MID AND UPPER TROUGH IS ALSO AIDING IN THE
BREAK DOWN A SURFACE RIDGE WHICH PRESENTLY REACHES ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC. CLOSER TO THE
KEYS...A SMALL SCALE SURFACE TO 500 MB TROUGH AXIS IS ANALYZED JUST
WEST OF THE KEYS...AND THIS FEATURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS IS ALLOWING ADVECTION OF DEEP
MOISTURE ACROSS THE KEYS. LAST EVENINGS 00Z SOUNDING AT KEY WEST
ILLUSTRATED A GENTLE YET VERY MOIST VARIABLE 10 KNOT FLOW FROM THE
SURFACE UP TO 600 MB...WITH PWAT (PRECIPITABLE WATER) AT 2.15 INCHES

.CURRENTLY...AS OF 200 AM...SKIES ARE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS
THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN AND ADJOINING WATERS. KEY WEST RADAR DETECTS
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
FLORIDA STRAITS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. AREAS OF LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS. TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE GENERALLY NEAR 80 DEGREES EXCEPT UPPER 70S ON RAIN COOLED
ISLANDS. C-MAN STATIONS ALONG THE REEF AND IN FLORIDA BAY ARE
RECORDING SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS...BUT ARE GUSTY IN AND NEAR
CONVECTION...WITH A GUST TO 23 KNOTS AT MOLASSES REEF AND 38 KNOTS
AT FOWEY ROCKS DURING THE LAST HOUR.

.FORECASTS...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...LATEST AVAILABLE RUNS OF THE GFS
AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SOMEWHAT OF AN AMPLIFIED MID AND
UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. AND ELEVATED DIFFLUENCE WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA
AND THE FLORIDA KEYS GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF THIS FEATURE WITH THE
UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...WITH BOTH 00Z NAM
AND GFS MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUING TO ILLUSTRATE ADVECTION
OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD (FROM THE SURFACE UP TO 400 MB) ACROSS THE
KEYS FROM THE TROPICS...WITH PWAT REMAINING BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.25
INCHES THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY. THE MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO ILLUSTRATE A
(0-6 KM AVG STORM MOTION) FROM THE SOUTH AVERAGING 10 KNOTS THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CUBAN BOUNDARIES TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS...AND REACT
WITH A MULTITUDE OF BOUNDARIES ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE FLORIDA
STRAITS AND NEAR THE ISLANDS. AND THIS EXPECTED MESOSCALE FORCING
WILL COMPOUND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES OVER THE KEYS SERVICE AREA
GIVEN LARGE SCALE LIFT AND ASSOCIATED LOW TO MID LEVEL MASS
CONVERGENCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE TO 500 MB
TROUGH WEST OF THE KEYS.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I WOULD EXPECT A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS LIKELY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AGAIN. HENCE WILL BE RAISING POPS
INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THOUGH MID-LEVEL
HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE ON SUNDAY...VERY DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS IN
PLACE ALONG WITH LOTS OF BOUNDARIES. AND WILL ELECT TO KEEP THE HIGH
CHANCE POPS IN THE GRIDS FOR SUNDAY.

FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...ECMWF...GFS ET ALL LARGE SCALE MODELS
INDICATE THAT THE BASE OF THE EAST COAST SYNOPTIC SCALE TROUGH WILL
RETREATS NORTHWARD...ALLOWING A BRIEF RETURN FOR RISING MIDDLE LEVEL
(500 MB) HEIGHTS. THIS AGREES WITH THE 00Z GFS AND NAM 00Z MODEL
FORECAST SOUNDINGS WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE MID LEVEL DRYING...AND PWAT
FALLING BACK FROM BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2.00 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT TO UNDER
1.50 INCHES THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY. SO WILL MAINTAIN THE SLIGHT CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THOSE TWO PERIODS WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE
GRIDS.

EXTENDED...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ANOTHER LOW AMPLITUDE
TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CONUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT A NEAR 590 DM AT 500 MB RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK. GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF
THE KEYS TO THE DEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL RIDGING...GENTLE SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH SEASONABLY HOT HIGH AND OVERNIGHT
LOW TEMPERATURES EACH DAY. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDING ILLUSTRATE PWAT
REMAINING BETWEEN 1.50 TO 1.75 INCHES THROUGH THE ENTIRE
PERIOD...WHICH IS SEASONABLE. THOUGH AMPLE MOISTURE SEEMS IN
PLACE...NOT THE GREATEST SETUP FOR CLOUD LINES...AS MODEL SOUNDINGS
SEEM TOO VEERED ATTM. FOR NOW WILL HOLD WITH NEAR CLIMO POPS...30
PERCENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. ACROSS THE TROPICS...THE THREAT REMAINS
QUITE DIMINISHED ATTM GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR...DUST AND WIND
SHEAR SURROUNDING TROPICAL ENTITIES. AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION
SEVEN...THE CLOSEST OF THESE ENTITIES ATTM...IS FORECAST TO
DISSIPATE WITHIN 72 HOURS ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA UPON
CROSSING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.

&&

.MARINE...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...GENTLE SOUTH WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS OR
LESS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY...EXCEPT WINDS
AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER AND BAY WATERS LOCALLY ROUGH IN AND NEAR
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STORMS. GENTLE TO
MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF STRONGER RIDGING ACROSS THE SOUTH
FLORIDA PENINSULA.

&&

AVIATION...
SHORT-LIVED...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE CONCEIVABLE AT EYW AND MTH THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE BRIEF NATURE OF
POTENTIAL MVFR CONDITIONS...ONLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE ADVERTISED
IN THE TERMINAL FORECASTS THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
PROLONGED MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT EYW AND MTH LATE
THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

&&

.CLIMATE...
ON THIS DATE IN KEYS WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1913...THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE IN KEY WEST WAS 81 DEGREES. THIS SET THE DAILY RECORD
FOR COOLEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEASURED IN KEY WEST ON AUGUST
11TH...A RECORD WHICH STILL STANDS 99 YEARS LATER. IN ADDITION...
THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES IS TIED AS THE COOLEST MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN KEY WEST DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE BACK TO 1872.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KEY WEST 89 78 89 81 / 70 60 50 20
MARATHON 91 78 91 81 / 70 60 50 20

&&

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

&&

$$