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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

358 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024



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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 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-

Including the Communities of Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West

358 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024



.NOW...

Through 5 am, widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms 

will wax and wane along boundaries situated over the island chain

and out to the Dry Tortugas. These showers will move towards the 

northeast at around 15 knots. Mariners encountering these showers can

expect pockets of reduced visibility in moderate to heavy rainfall, 

wind gusts up to 20 to 25 knots, and possibly a few lightning 

strikes.



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