Strong to Severe Thunderstorms Continue Tonight in the East; Early Heat Wave in the West

Scattered strong to severe storms with damaging winds and potentially a tornado or two are expected tonight from the coastal Carolinas into the Mid-Atlantic states. An anomalously early heat wave will continue to intensify and expand across the West and Southwest as the week progresses. Numerous daily and potentially monthly record highs are expected to be broken. Read More >

Florida Keys & South Florida Airport Observations as of 500 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
City	Sky/Wx	Temp	DP	RH	Wind	Pres	Remarks
Key West	Rain	71	68	90	NW5 mph	29.99S	FOG
Boca Chica NAS	Rain	70	67	90	W8 mph	29.99R	FOG
Marathon	Rain	69	67	93	VRB6G17 mph	29.99S
Ocean Reef	Rain	68	68	100	VRB5 mph	29.99R	FOG
Homestead	Light Rain	67	64	90	NW6 mph	29.97F
Miami	Light Rain	67	65	93	SW3 mph	29.99F

Citizen Weather Observer (CWOP) Observations
City	Time (UTC)	Temp	DP	RH	Wind (mph)	Pres
Cudjoe Key	08:53	68	68	100	SE2 G5	1017.3
Ramrod Key	08:55	68	66	94	NE2 G2	1017.5
Lower Matecumbe Key	09:00		0		N0	1014.3

Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) Observations Across Keys Waters
Station	Time (UTC)	Temp	Wind (kts)	Pres
Sand Key Light	0850	70		1015.6R
Long Key	0850	71		1015.9R

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