2 products issued by NWS for: 45NM SSW Rebecca Shoal Light FL
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Key West FL 403 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2024 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-140815- Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower 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- 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 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- Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal 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 out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 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- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out- 403 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Florida Keys and adjacent coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible today and tonight. The primary hazards will be lightning strikes and gusty winds. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible, so a Flood Watch is in effect for the Florida Keys tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected from Friday through Wednesday. The primary hazards will be lightning strikes and locally gusty winds. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible through Friday night. Small Craft Advisories may be required for portions of the Florida Keys coastal waters Monday through Wednesday due to freshening easterly breezes. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ NB
Short Term Forecast
Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 821 PM EDT Thu Jun 13 2024 FLZ077-078-GMZ031-032-035-043-044-053-054-073>075-140130- Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower 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- 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 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- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Marathon and Key West 821 PM EDT Thu Jun 13 2024 .NOW... Through 1000 pm, a band of showers and embedded strong thunderstorms, accompanied by a shelf cloud as seen earlier on webcams around the Lower Keys continues to move mainly east to southeast between 10 to 15 knots across western Hawk Channel, the Straits of Florida mainly south of the Lower Keys and Middle Keys, the Bayside/Gulfside waters, the Lower Keys, Middle Keys, and Florida Bay. Mariners encountering this activity can expect reduced visibility to less than 1 mile, especially inside thunderstorm activity, wind gusts to near or in excess of 30 knots, and occasional cloud to ground lightning strikes. The stronger activity will be handled with Special Marine Warnings. On land, expect rainfall amounts of a half to three quarters of an inch with locally higher amounts in excess of three quarters of an inch for the Middle Keys with additional rainfall amounts up to a quarter inch across the Lower Keys with isolated pockets of greater than a quarter inch. For the offshore Gulf waters, and the westernmost Straits of Florida, a stratiform rain continues. $$ MJV