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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

146 AM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024



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Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower Keys-

Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile

Bridge-

Gulf waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and

beyond 5 fathoms-

Gulf of Mexico including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel-

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-

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-

Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas

out 20 NM-

Including the Communities of Marathon and Key West

146 AM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024



.NOW...

Through 300 AM, areas of rain with embedded showers and thunderstorms

will persist over the western coastal waters and the Lower Keys,

moving east towards the Middle Keys. Individual thunderstorms within

these showers are moving east at 20 to 25 knots. Mariners in the 

vicinity of this activity can expect winds approaching 30 knots,

visibility reduced below 2 miles in heavy downpours, and occasional

lightning strikes. On land, island communities in the Lower Keys may

receive up to a quarter of an inch of rainfall while those in the

Middle Keys up to a tenth of an inch of rainfall.



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AJP