762 FPUS72 KKEY 181251 NOWKEY SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 851 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2014 FLZ076-078-GMZ031>035-042>044-181400- MONROE UPPER 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- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...KEY WEST 850 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2014 .NOW... UNTIL 10 AM..ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM IN AND AROUND DRY TORTUGAS...TO THE WATERS BETWEEN HALFMOON SHOAL LIGHT TO BOCA GRANDE. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...AS WELL AS THE OUTER WATERS OF MAINLAND MONROE. MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 10 KNOTS. OVER LAND...A COUPLE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE UPPER KEYS BETWEEN TAVERNIER AND OCEAN REEF MAY RECEIVE A SPELL OF RAINFALL. A FEW HEAVIER CELLS WILL DELIVER WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 5 MILES IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH A FEW CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES. $$ APA