Expires:200811302300;;568999 FZUS72 KKEY 302053 MWSKEY MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 352 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-302300- MONROE LOWER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE UPPER KEYS- WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-FLORIDA BAY- EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 352 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON KEYS WATERS FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS AFTERNOON... THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE OHIO VALLEY WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON OUR MARINE DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HENCE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL KEYS WATERS. FURTHERMORE...A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE RAPID MOTION OF ANY SHOWER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS WILL BE COMMON. THEREAFTER...A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH...ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND THROUGH OUR AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM THIS EVENING. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECASTS...MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIGHT HERE IN KEY WEST. $$ APA