FZUS72 KKEY 100254
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
954 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
GMZ052-053-072>074-100400-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 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-
954 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...
AT 950 PM EST...A COLD FRONT HAD JUST CLEARED ALL OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS...AND WAS MOVING OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE FRONT IS
ACCOMPANIED BY A BROKEN LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY
WINDS. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BREEZES PREVAIL AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 20 KNOTS ARE
BLOWING BEHIND THE FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL BE MARKED LATE THIS EVENING BY A LOWERING OVERCAST...
WIND SHIFT...AND QUICK ONSET OF RAIN. THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SHIPPING LANES BETWEEN 1000 PM AND
1100 PM...AND WILL BE NEARING THE CAY SAL BANK BY MIDNIGHT.
A FEW OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD
FRONT WILL DELIVER WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS. AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 25 KNOTS WILL SET IN OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD ON ALL OF
THE COASTAL WATERS ADJOINING THE FLORIDA KEYS WITH A FRESH SWELL
MOVING INTO THE GULF WATERS AS WELL.
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