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FPUS72 KKEY 121149
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Short Term Forecast
National Weather Service Key West FL
749 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025

FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072>074-121300-
Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-
Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood
Sound-
Bayside and Gulfside 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 Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge
20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of
Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out-
Including the Communities of Key Largo and Marathon
749 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025

.NOW...
Through 900 am, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms across
Florida Bay, the Bayside waters, the Middle and Upper Keys, central
and eastern Hawk Channel, and the central and eastern Straits of
Florida will continue to progress eastward. Individual cells for this
activity will move to the east to northeast at 15 to 20 knots.
Mariners encountering the strongest thunderstorms, along a line
extending from slightly west of Marathon Humps in the central
Straits, northeastward towards the Middle Keys and into the nearshore
waters north of the Middle and Upper Keys, can expect wind gusts up
to near 30 knots, occasional cloud to surface lightning strikes, and
blinding downpours. Island communities of the Middle and Upper Keys
can expect an additional half to one inch of rainfall with locally
rainfall amounts in excess of 1.5 to 2 inches.

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MJV