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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

1200 PM EDT Wed May 1 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-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 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 Marathon

1200 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024



.NOW...

Through 1 pm, a broken line of showers will wax and wane as they 

meander northwest at around 5 knots across the western Straits of 

Florida and throughout the Middle and Upper Keys and their nearshore 

waters. Mariners encountering the stronger showers can expect a brief

reduction in visibility and wind gusts up to 20 to 25 knots.



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