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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

553 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024



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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 of Mexico from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal

out to 5 Fathoms-

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 Marathon and Key West

553 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024



.NOW...

Through 700 pm, isolated showers continue to affect western Hawk

Channel, the Middle and Lower Keys, in particular, Key West and

Stock Island, the Bayside and Gulfside waters, and Florida Bay. The

showers over the western Lower Keys and western Hawk Channel

continue to move near 5 knots to the southwest while the showers

north of the Middle and Upper Keys remain nearly stationary. 

Mariners encountering the stronger showers can expect brief reduction

in visibility, wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots, and occasional 

lightning strikes. Island Chain communities, especially in the Lower

Keys can expect a few to several tenths of an inch of rainfall from 

any showers that move overhead.



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MJV