Expires:201305211745;Remove:201305211745;483641 FPUS72 KKEY 211637 NOWKEY SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1237 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>054-072>074-211745- 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 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...MARATHON...KEY WEST 1237 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 .NOW... THROUGH 145 PM...ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE NEARBY GULF WATERS ADJACENT TO THE LOWER KEYS...IN HAWK CHANNEL ADJACENT TO THE UPPER KEYS AND IN FLORIDA BAY. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER KEYS...NAMELY BETWEEN ROCK HARBOR AND WINDLEY KEY...AND NEAR THE CONTENT KEYS CAN EXPECT ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MARINE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS...BRIEF REDUCTIONS OF VISIBILITY...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. $$