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Short Term Forecast
National Weather Service Key West FL
954 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024

FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-220300-
Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower 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-
Gulf of Mexico from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal
out to 5 Fathoms-
Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef-
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-
Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge
out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of
Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas
out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge
20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of
Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas
20 to 60 NM out-
Including the Communities of Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West
954 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024

.NOW...
Through 11 pm, a line of showers and possible embedded thunderstorms
in the western Straits of Florida between Sand Key and the Tortugas
Ecological Reserve South will race to the north at near 20 knots,
with a sharp wind shift likely along the outflow boundary associated
with this line. Elsewhere, widely scattered showers will continue to
develop across the remainder of the Straits of Florida as well as the
Lower and Middle Keys and adjacent waters and move to the northwest
at 15 to 20 knots. The strongest of these storms are located between
Carysfort Reef Light and Floyd`s Wall Northeast. Mariners
encountering this activity can expect wind gusts approaching 30
knots, moderate to heavy rainfall that will reduce visibilities below
3 miles, and a few lightning strikes. On land, island communities
between Sugarloaf and Long Key may receive up to a tenth of an inch
of rainfall within these passing showers.

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