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FZUS72 KKEY 182049
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
349 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026
GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-073>075-182145-
349 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026
..COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS FLORIDA KEYS WATERS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO 20 NM WEST OF
DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT
20 NM...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
AT 345 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30
KNOTS ACROSS THE BAYSIDE WATERS. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR MIDDLE
CAPE SABLE TO NEAR COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT, AND THEN SOUTH PAST TWENTY-
EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT MAY GUST UP TO 30 TO
35 KNOTS. WIND DIRECTIONS WILL CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY DURING FRONTAL
PASSAGE AND SEAS WILL BECOME SUDDENLY CONFUSED.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BIG PINE SHOAL, ANNETTE KEY, VANDENBERG, HOWE KEY, EAST SAMBO, WOOD'S
WALL WEST CRACK, AND BONEFISH TOWER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS, LOCALLY ROUGH
AND CONFUSED SEAS, AND POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS.
LAT...LON 2354 8220 2425 8285 2465 8246 2516 8152
2510 8149 2513 8104 2467 8045 2395 8171
2353 8213
AJP
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