Marine Forecasts

    EDIT      (on/off)   Help

---

7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Layton, FL

   Hourly   EDIT   Help

---

Area Discussion for - Key West, FL

      (on/off)   Help   NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition
FXUS62 KKEY 071424 AFDKEY

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Key West FL 1024 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

DISCUSSION. Currently - A a ridge extends across the Florida Peninsula, resulting in light to gentle easterly breezes across the area. Lower to mid level ridging is in place aloft. This mornings sounding indicated normal PWAT, ample CAPE, and only a sliver of inhibition. Latest radar indicates isolated to widely scattered showers across the forecast area and a few island locations being affected.

Short Term Update - The surface ridge will remain across Florida this afternoon, although it will be briefly split by day time heating. Across our area, winds will remain light to gentle out of the east. Guidance suggests the lower level steering flow will back north of east this afternoon. As a result, despite overall convective activity diminishing, conditions are expected to become more conducive for island cloud line formation. Will maintain low chance precipitation with day time highs near 90.

MARINE. Ridging across Florida will maintain light to gentle east breezes across Keys waters. Day time heating over florida will result in winds slackening and become more varying in direction over our deep gulf waters.

AVIATION. VFR conditions will prevail at both EYW and MTH today. There is a chance for a cloud line to develop early afternoon due to the weak easterly flow and daytime heating. Models are showing that showers and thunderstorms could move off the mainland of Florida later this afternoon as well. Should either happen and pass over an airport, expect VCSH and/or amendments to be added to the TAFs with TEMPO MVFR conditions and wind gusts to near 20 knots.

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



Public/Marine/Fire . 11 Aviation/Nowcasts . KBL Data Acquisition . Williams

Visit us on the web at weather.gov/key

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at: www.facebook.com/nwskeywest www.twitter.com/nwskeywest

---

Weather Reporting Stations

   EDIT       (on/off)   Help   NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map

Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
PKYF1 - Peterson Key, FL	10 mi	113 min			90°F
LONF1 - Long Key, FL	12 mi	33 min	E 9.9 G 13	86°F			1018 hPa	75°F
LRKF1 - Little Rabbit Key, FL	16 mi	173 min			88°F
BOBF1 - Bob Allen, FL	16 mi	113 min			91°F
WRBF1 - Whipray Basin, FL	19 mi	113 min	NE 6		88°F
BNKF1 - Butternut Key, FL	21 mi	113 min			89°F
JKYF1 - Johnson Key, FL	22 mi	113 min			89°F
BKYF1	24 mi	113 min			90°F
VCAF1 - 8723970 - Vaca Key, FL	25 mi	53 min		88°F	91°F		1018.8 hPa (+0.4)
TBYF1	25 mi	113 min			91°F
MUKF1 - Murray Key, FL	26 mi	113 min			90°F
LMDF1 - Little Madeira, FL	26 mi	113 min			91°F
SMKF1 - Sombrero Key, FL	27 mi	33 min	E 7 G 8.9	85°F				78°F
GBTF1 - Garfield Bight, FL	27 mi	113 min			90°F
DKKF1 - Duck Key, FL	28 mi	173 min			89°F
BWSF1 - Blackwater Sound, FL	28 mi	173 min			89°F
TRRF1 - Taylor River, FL	29 mi	113 min			89°F
TCVF1 - Trout Cove, FL	29 mi	173 min			90°F
JBYF1	30 mi	113 min			94°F
LBSF1 - Little Blackwater, FL	31 mi	173 min			89°F
LSNF1 - Long Sound, FL	32 mi	113 min			92°F
THRF1	32 mi	173 min			89°F
MNBF1	33 mi	113 min			92°F
HCEF1 - Highway Creek, FL	33 mi	113 min			90°F
WWEF1	34 mi	173 min			88°F
MDKF1	36 mi	113 min			90°F
LRIF1	36 mi	113 min			89°F
CWAF1	39 mi	173 min			88°F
NRRF1	40 mi	113 min			87°F
SREF1	45 mi	113 min			88°F
TPEF1 - Tarpon Bay East, FL	45 mi	173 min			85°F
GBIF1 - Gunboat Island, FL	45 mi	113 min			85°F
CANF1 - Cane Patch, FL	46 mi	113 min			85°F
HREF1	48 mi	113 min			86°F

Wind History for Vaca Key, FL

(wind in knots)    EDIT      (on/off)   Help

2 PM

3 PM

4 PM

5 PM

6 PM

7 PM

8 PM

9 PM

10 PM

11 PM

12 AM

1 AM

2 AM

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

6 AM

7 AM

8 AM

9 AM

10 AM

11 AM

12 PM

1 PM

Last 24hr

E5

SE5 G8

E4

SE4 G7

SE7 G10

SE5 G8

E3 G6

SE3

E4

SE2

SE3

E5

E4

E3

SE3 G6

E4

E4

E5 G8

E5 G8

SE4 G8

E8

E6 G9

E6 G10

E7 G11

1 day ago

S5 G8

W4 G7

SW2 G7

SE3 G6

S4 G8

S7 G11

SW1

E4

E5

SE6 G11

S6 G9

S4

S6

S4 G8

S5 G8

S4

SE2

S1

SE3 G6

SE3 G6

E4 G7

SE5

E5 G8

E6 G9

2 days ago

S5 G8

S7

SW3

W3

SW2

SE5

SE5 G8

SE6 G11

SE4 G8

SE4

SE3 G6

SE4 G7

SE6 G10

SE6 G10

SE4 G11

S6 G10

S5

S6 G9

S5

S5 G8

S6 G10

S7

SW3 G8

SW3 G7

---

Airport Reports

    EDIT      (on/off)   Help   Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.

Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
The Florida Keys - Marathon International Airport, FL	22 mi	60 min	SE 7	10.00 mi	Fair	91°F	79°F	68%	1018.4 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KMTH

Wind History from MTH (wind in knots)

2 PM

3 PM

4 PM

5 PM

6 PM

7 PM

8 PM

9 PM

10 PM

11 PM

12 AM

1 AM

2 AM

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

6 AM

7 AM

8 AM

9 AM

10 AM

11 AM

12 PM

1 PM

Last 24hr

E5

SE5

SE4

4

SE5

SE5

E4

E5

E3

SE3

E4

E5

E6

E4

E4

E6

E4

E4

E4

E7

E5

E7

E7

SE7

1 day ago

S6

S5

4

4

S5

S6

W3

NE4

E4

SE10

S6

SE4

S6

S6

S7

S5

S3

S3

SE3

5

SE5

SE6

3

SE4

2 days ago

--

S6

SW4

4

SE4

SE3

SE8

SE8

SE7

SE4

SE5

E5

SE6

SE9

S9 G14

S7

S5

S6

S7

S5

S6

S6

3

6

---

Tide / Current Tables for Alligator Reef Light, Florida (2)

   EDIT   Weekend mode (on/off)   (on/off)   Help   One Week of Data

---

Tide / Current Tables for Long Key, east of drawbridge, Florida Current

   EDIT      (on/off)   Help   One Week of Data

---

Weather Map

       (on/off)   Help Weather Map

---

GEOS Local Image of    EDIT
NOTE: East coast views moved to GEOS-16. They are experimental and not well supported by NOAA so they may not be correct so be warned. This change required redoing a large amount of the GOES code. If the image you are expecting is not showing, please let me know. You may need to use the EDIT function to update your location.
Link to Loop

Other links: Northern Pacific     Contential US     Full GOES-East

---

Wind Forecast for Key West, FL (13,3,4,5)

      (on/off)   Help

---

Ground Weather Radar Station Miami, FL

   (on/off)   Help

---

Gulf Stream Current

---

Cookie Policy: This website uses cookies to save your settings. No personal information is saved. I do not collect statistics on your visit. You can disable cookies in your browser if you like but it is not recommended for this site. I do not sell cookies. Go to a bakery for that. In fact I do not sell anything. To disable cookies from L-36.com, please refer to the Help button in your browser. Privacy Policy: I do not sell or share any user data or anything else for that matter. The only personal information I save is in the site log which has a line for each page view which includes the IP address your browser sends in the header as well as which page you requested. I use this to block hackers and other bad actors. I do not use this raw data to create profiles on users. I periodically delete the log files. If you are subject to CCPA, Google ads on this site will not be based on your past behavior so you will likely not see an ad for a lawn mower just because you looked for one at a big box website. I do not believe this site is subject to CCPA but I am doing what I can to follow the guidelines anyway. Disclaimer: The information on this web site has not been checked for accuracy. It is for entertainment purposes only and should be independently verified before using for any other reason. There are five sources. 1) Documents and manuals from a variety of sources. These have not been checked for accuracy and in many cases have not even been read by anyone associated with L-36.com. I have no idea of they are useful or accurate, I leave that to the reader. 2) Articles others have written and submitted. If you have questions on these, please contact the author. 3) Articles that represent my personal opinions. These are intended to promote thought and for entertainment. These are not intended to be fact, they are my opinions. 4) Small programs that generate result presented on a web page. Like any computer program, these may and in some cases do have errors. Almost all of these also make simplifying assumptions so they are not totally accurate even if there are no errors. Please verify all results. 5) Weather information is from numerous of sources and is presented automatically. It is not checked for accuracy either by anyone at L-36.com or by the source which is typically the US Government. See the NOAA web site for their disclaimer. Finally, tide and current data on this site is from 2007 and 2008 data bases, which may contain even older data. Changes in harbors due to building or dredging change tides and currents and for that reason many of the locations presented are no longer supported by newer data bases. For example, there is very little tidal current data in newer data bases so current data is likely wrong to some extent. This data is NOT FOR NAVIGATION. See the XTide disclaimer for details. In addition, tide and current are influenced by storms, river flow, and other factors beyond the ability of any predictive program.