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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

108 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 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-

Including the Communities of Key Largo and Marathon

108 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024



.NOW...

Through 2 pm, a broken line of showers will wax and wane as they 

meander northwest at around 5 knots across 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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Monroe Lower Keys-

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

out to 5 Fathoms-

Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal

out to the reef-

Including the Communities of Key West

108 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024



.NOW...

Through 2 pm, a cloudline is stretched over the Lower Keys from Key 

West to Big Pine Key. This cloudline is capable of moderate to heavy

downpours reducing visibilities, wind gusts of 20 to 25 knots, and

possibly a rare waterspout. Island communities could see a range of

rainfall totals with the heaviest at the moment producing a few 

tenths of an inch in Sugarloaf Key.





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