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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
520 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026
GMZ052-053-072>074-182315-
520 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026
..STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE EASTERN KEYS MARINE ZONES
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT
60 NM...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF
HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT...
AT 518 PM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG FRONT, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS 30 TO 35 KNOTS. THIS
FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 NM EAST OF
CARYSFORT REEF LIGHT TO NEAR 409 HUMPS TO 54 NM SOUTHWEST OF WOOD'S
WALL WEST CRACK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
MARATHON HUMPS, SOUTH RIPS, ELBOW CAY, FLOYD'S WALL NORTHEAST, 409
HUMPS, FLOYD'S WALL SOUTHWEST, AND RIPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR SQUALLS WITH NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS 30 TO 35 KNOTS,
LOCALLY ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS, AND POTENTIAL MODERATE TO
HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY.
LAT...LON 2355 8224 2457 8071 2517 8002 2460 7954
2418 7994 2392 8028 2377 8064 2356 8152
2352 8185
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