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FPUS72 KKEY 140131
NOWKEY

Short Term Forecast
National Weather Service Key West FL
931 PM EDT Thu Jun 13 2024

FLZ076>078-GMZ031-032-035-042>044-052>055-073>075-140300-
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 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 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
931 PM EDT Thu Jun 13 2024

.NOW...
Through 1100 pm, a broken band of showers with embedded thunderstorms
stretching from the Florida Bay, across the length of the Florida
Keys, and to the distant Florida Straits off of the Dry Tortugas
will continue to sag slowly southeastward. The stronger activity will
produce wind gusts near 35 mph, torrential downpours, and at times,
frequent lightning strikes. Additional rainfall amounts one to two
inches of rain will be possible. Any island location along the island
may be affected by this may affected by this band.





 band of showers and embedded strong
thunderstorms, accompanied by a shelf cloud as seen earlier on
webcams around the Lower Keys continues to move mainly east to
southeast between 10 to 15 knots across western Hawk Channel, the
Straits of Florida mainly south of the Lower Keys and Middle Keys,
the Bayside/Gulfside waters, the Lower Keys, Middle Keys, and Florida
Bay. Mariners encountering this activity can expect reduced
visibility to less than 1 mile, especially inside thunderstorm
activity, wind gusts to near or in excess of 30 knots, and occasional
cloud to ground lightning strikes. The stronger activity will be
handled with Special Marine Warnings. On land, expect rainfall
amounts of a half to three quarters of an inch with locally higher
amounts in excess of three quarters of an inch for the Middle Keys
with additional rainfall amounts up to a quarter inch across the
Lower Keys with isolated pockets of greater than a quarter inch. For
the offshore Gulf waters, and the westernmost Straits of Florida, a
stratiform rain continues.

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