Expires:200911250600;Remove:200911250600;223331 FPUS72 KKEY 250448 NOWKEY SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1148 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-052>054-072>074-250600- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-FLORIDA BAY- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 1148 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 .NOW... THROUGH 100 AM...BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FLORIDA KEYS...AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 KNOTS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF...HEAVY RAIN...TEMPORARILY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ONE MILE. OVER LAND...THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE RAINFALL WILL FROM PIGEON KEY TO CRAIG KEY. THE MAJORITY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. $$ BS