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Short Term Forecast
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
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538 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. $$