440 
FPUS72 KKEY 081458
NOWKEY

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1058 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>054-072-073-081600-
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 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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
1058 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH NOON...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WILL
AFFECT THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE AND SURROUNDING
OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. OVER LAND...A FEW ISLAND
COMMUNITIES FROM BIG PINE KEY TO MARATHON WILL RECEIVE A BOUT OF
RAINFALL. THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE FOUND ON THE
GULF WATERS NORTH OF THE LOWER KEYS...AS WELL AS THE OFFSHORE WATERS
SOUTHEAST OF THE MIDDLE KEYS. THE STRONGER CELLS WILL DELIVER WIND
GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...CUT VISIBILITY TO BELOW 4 MILES IN MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES.

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