Marine Weather Statement

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
808 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

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FLORIDA BAY-GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM-
808 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS...

AT 808 PM EST...A COLD FRONT WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE
FLORIDA KEYS. THE FRONT WAS PRECEDED BY AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH
A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST BREEZES PREVAIL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 20 KNOTS ARE BLOWING BEHIND THE FRONT.

THE FRONT WILL BE MARKED THIS EVENING BY A LOWERING OVERCAST...WIND
SHIFT...AND QUICK ONSET OF RAIN. THE FRONT HAS ALREADY PASSED THROUGH
THE DRY TORTUGAS...WHERE A WIND GUST OF 30 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH-
NORTHWEST WAS RECORDED AT PULASKI SHOAL. THE FRONT WILL BE THROUGH
KEY WEST HARBOR BY 830 PM...BOOT KEY HARBOR BY 900 PM...AND
CARYSFORT REEF BY 930 PM.

A FEW OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD FRONT
WILL DELIVER WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 25
KNOTS WILL SET IN OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD ON ALL OF THE COASTAL
WATERS ADJOINING THE FLORIDA KEYS WITH A FRESH SWELL MOVING INTO THE
GULF WATERS AS WELL.

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KASPER