Big Pine Key Weather - Special Cases

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS
FROM THE WEST END OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE THROUGH KEY WEST AND TO
THE DRY TORTUGAS...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL ATLANTIC WATERS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HURRICANE GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE
NORTHERN CARIBBEAN SEA...AND NEAR OR OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
TONIGHT. GUSTAV IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY.

FRESH BREEZES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS ADJACENT TO THE FLORIDA KEYS. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE ATLANTIC WATERS DUE
TO THESE INCREASING WINDS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN
BOTH THE FLORIDA BAY AND IN THE GULF WATERS ADJACENT TO THE LOWER
KEYS AND OFFSHORE OF MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY...WHERE WINDS WILL BE
SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THOSE EXPECTED ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE OF THE KEYS
ISLAND CHAIN.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE
PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO SURFACE
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 KNOTS.

MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS MONITORING HURRICANE GUSTAV.
HOWEVER...NO PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THERE
ARE NO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR ANY PART OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THERE ARE
NO WEATHER-RELATED BRIDGE CLOSURES...AND THE DRAWBRIDGES AT JEWFISH
CREEK AND SNAKE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN FOR MARINE TRAFFIC.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

TROPICAL CYCLONE GUSTAV SHOULD TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF
OF MEXICO...ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUBA ON SATURDAY...AND
WELL WEST OF THE FLORIDA KEYS SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO
BE PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATERS SOUTH AND WEST
OF THE LOWER KEYS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. RAINBANDS ALONG THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF GUSTAV
MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...ESPECIALLY THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE KEYS...SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. INDIVIDUAL
SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THESE RAINBANDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TROPICAL STORMS FORCE WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY PERSIST ON ALL ATLANTIC WATERS
UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY
TO EXPAND ACROSS THE GULF WATERS LATE SATURDAY MAINLY IN NUMEROUS
SQUALLS...AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF SUNDAY.

WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE ON ALL KEYS WATERS SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.