WWUS82 KEYW 122012 SPSEYW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 312 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010 FLZ076-077-078-131000- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 312 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS UNTIL 10 PM... ...A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTENSIFY FURTHER AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRECEDE A NARROW SQUALL LINE. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DELIVER WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AS THE SQUALL LINE CROSSES THE FLORIDA KEYS THIS EVENING. HENCE...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS UNTIL 10 PM. OTHERWISE...SOUTH WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH WILL TURN SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST IN WAKE OF THE SQUALL LINE. GIVEN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS...A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WILL OCCUR FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HOUR OR LONGER. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE LOWER 60S SATURDAY...BEFORE DROPPING BETWEEN 40 AND 45 IN THE UPPER KEYS SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS SHOULD MAY FALL TO NEAR 35 DEGREES IN THE UPPER KEYS EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR CHANNEL 76 ON YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIGHT HERE IN KEY WEST. $$ APA