278 FPUS72 KKEY 181607 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 1207 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019 FLZ076-078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-181800- 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- 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 and Key West 1207 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2019 .NOW... Through 200 pm, widely scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will be found across the Offshore Gulf waters 20 to 60 nm west of Mainland Monroe County. The stronger showers out in these waters will be accompanied by brief reduction in visibility to less than 4 miles, wind gusts near 25 knots, and a few lightning strikes. Elsewhere, just a few small showers of brief moderate rainfall will impact the immediate waters surrounding the Florida Keys, with one or two showers moving across location in the Upper Florida Keys. Movement of all showers is to the west to northwest near 10 knots. $$ Futterman