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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for the Florida Keys
National Weather Service Key West FL
430 AM EDT Thu Oct 8 2026

.Discussion...
Light to gentle mainly south breezes will continue today before
freshening and shifting the southeast as we head into Friday.
Moisture remains abundant this morning, though, we expect some
drying out for this afternoon and tonight. Moisture will begin to
return on Friday leading to increasing rain chances again. Min RH
values are expected to be near 70 percent today and Friday with
good max RH recovery overnight into the lower 90s percent.

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Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower Keys-
Including the cities of Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West
430 AM EDT Thu Oct 8 2026

                      Today        Tonight      Fri

Cloud Cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy
Chance Precip (%)     30           20           40
Chance of Thunder (%) 20           20           20
Weather Type          Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Max/Min Temp          89           80           89
Min/Max RH %          70           91           71
Wind 20ft AM (mph)    S  5                      SE  8
Wind 20ft PM (mph)    S  5         Lgt/Var      SE  8
Precip Duration       2            1            2
Precip Begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing
Precip End            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing
Precip Amount         0.01         0.00         0.01
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl)    2800         700          3000
Transport Wnd (mph)   S 12         SE  8        SE 17
Dispersion Index      30           7            45
Max LVORI             5            5            4

Remarks...None.

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.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 80s. East winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a chance of thunderstorms and a slight
chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 70s. North winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

$$

MJV