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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

255 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024



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Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle 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 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-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 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 and Marathon

255 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024



.NOW...

Through 4pm, a cluster of showers with an embedded thunderstorm 

located north of the Middle Keys in the Florida Bay will wax and wane

as it moves northwest at 10 to 15 knots. Mariners encountering the 

stronger showers can expect brief reduction in visibility, wind gusts

of 25 to 30 knots, and occasional lightning strikes. 



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