638 FPUS72 KKEY 061548 NOWKEY SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1148 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>074-061700- 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- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 1148 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014 .NOW... UNTIL 1 PM...ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE ISLAND CHAIN. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WATERS FROM SMITH SHOAL LIGHT TO IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS...AND INTO THE OUTER WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. A FEW SHOWERS AND A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS SOUTH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. MOVEMENT OF MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 5 MPH. A FEW STRONGER CELLS WILL DELIVER GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 25 KNOTS...REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 4 MILES IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES. $$ APA