textproduct: Key West

KEY MESSAGES

- Light to gentle breezes ranging from northeast to southeast will persist over the next copule of days. At times, winds will slacken and become variable. Expect slightly stronger winds across the Florida Straits.

- Temperatures will remain near normal through the end of the week, and slightly above normal this weekend.

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

DISCUSSION

Issued at 809 AM EST Wed Feb 11 2026

Surface through lower level ridging will hold on across the area this afternoon. The surface ridge across South Florida will thin and shift southwards this afternoon as a mid latitude trough slowly lumbers eastward off of the Atlantic Coast. This along with cooler nearshore waters will maintain light breezes across the Keys. It is worth nothing that while most locations have been southeasterly in recent hours, cooler waters are still managing to hold breezes northeasterly on portions of our nearshore gulf waters. Expect near to slightly above normal temperatures today with dew points lingering in the lower 60s.

MARINE

Issued at 809 AM EST Wed Feb 11 2026

A thinning surface ridge across South Florida and the Keys this morning will result in light, and often varying, breezes across Keys waters this morning. Only minor adjustments made in the morning marine update to adjust first period transitional wording.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 809 AM EST Wed Feb 11 2026

VFR conditions will prevail at the island terminals this afternoon. Surface winds will be light out of the east to southeast.

KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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