145 FPUS72 KKEY 230357 NOWKEY SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1157 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>034-042>044-052>055-072>075-230530- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER AND BUTTONWOOD SOUNDS- BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS- 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 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...KEY WEST 1157 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 .NOW... THROUGH 130 AM...SHOWERS WILL BE CLUSTERED IN ALL WATERS SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. THESE FEW SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AROUND 10 KNOTS AND WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 20 KNOTS...REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 3 NM IN MODERATE RAINS...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ONLY A FEW SPOTS IN THE KEYS WILL SEE BRIEF LIGHT SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$