Short Term Forecast
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FPUS72 KKEY 252232
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
632 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

FLZ077-GMZ032>035-043-044-252345-
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS-
GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL-
GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO
THE REEF-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...MARATHON
632 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 745 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE GULF WATERS WITHIN 5
NM NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS...AS WELL AS ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE GULF
WATERS FROM KEY WEST HARBOR WESTWARD OUT TO AROUND COSGROVE SHOAL
LIGHT. MARINERS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACCOMPANIED BY
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NAUTICAL MILE...WIND GUSTS AROUND 25
KNOTS...AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES. ACROSS THE LOWER KEYS...THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SHORT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACCOMPANIED BY
REDUCED VISIBILITY BELOW 3 MILES AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH WITHIN
THESE SHOWERS WILL BE FROM SUMMER LAND KEY TO SUGAR LOAF KEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN A SOME SPOTS ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN.

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