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KEY MESSAGES

- Gentle to modestly moderate breezes will continue, and will follow a waxing and waning pattern over the next few days.

- Temperatures will remain on the cooler side of normal, but gradually trend warmer through the rest of the weekend and into next week.

- Nil rain chances are expected for the next several days as dry air remains entrenched across the Keys.

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 148 PM EST Sun Feb 8 2026 VFR conditions will prevail through the TAF period with only FEW clouds near FL050 occasionally crossing either terminal. Northeasterly surface winds will remain 5 to 10 knots, approaching the higher end of that range after 02Z. Chances for any active weather are near zero.

PREV DISCUSSION

Issued at 410 AM EST Sun Feb 8 2026 Dry air will continue to filter in as a broad surface high settles along the Eastern Seaboard today and tonight. As it settles, it will briefly become disorganized as a potent shortwave aloft moves through Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys on Monday. By Tuesday the surface high will reconsolidate just off the Southeastern U.S. coast and then slowly meander eastward across the Atlantic.

At this time, while the shortwave will dive into the Sunshine State late Monday into early Tuesday, we're not expecting this feature to impact the Keys. This is because a low level mean layered ridge will slide east across the Gulf Basin and help to steer any low level energy well to our north and northeast. Locally, we will see winds wax and wane through the next several days, tending to peak during the overnight hours. Temperatures through this period look to be remain fairly similar with daytime highs reaching into the lower to mid 70s and overnight lows falling into the 60s.

MARINE

Issued at 1037 AM EST Sun Feb 8 2026 There are no watches, warnings, or advisories in effect for the Florida Keys local waters. From synopsis, light breezes will continue through today as high pressure dominates the weather pattern over our local waters. Meanwhile, a broad surface high pressure from the Great Lakes into the Southeast U.S. today will settle along the Eastern Seaboard by Monday and briefly become disorganized. A new surface high will consolidate off the Southeastern U.S. coast Tuesday and slowly meander east out across the Atlantic. This will maintain a wax and waning of breezes today through at least Wednesday, while gradually becoming more easterly.

KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

FL...None. GM...None.