Short Term Forecast
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
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424 FPUS72 KKEY 211957 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 357 PM EDT Sat Sep 21 2024 FLZ076-077-GMZ031>034-043-212100- Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys- Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound- 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- Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef- Including the Communities of Key Largo and Marathon 357 PM EDT Sat Sep 21 2024 .NOW... Through 500 pm, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the South Florida mainland were moving to the south near 10 knots. These showers and thunderstorms are expected to move over portions of Florida Bay and potentially the Upper Keys over the course of the next hour. In addition, a few isolated showers remain across the Middle Keys and the offshore Gulf waters north and east of the Dry Tortugas. This activity will be capable of moderate to heavy downpours reducing visbilities, wind gusts of near 25 knots, and potentially some lightning strikes. Island communities of the Middle Keys could see rainfall amounts of a few tenths of an inch. $$ MJV