027  
FPUS72 KKEY 051156  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
756 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-051300-  
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-  
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD  
SOUND-  
BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE-  
GULF OF AMERICA 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-  
GULF OF AMERICA 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 HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
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-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
756 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2025  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 900 AM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE GENERALLY NORTHEAST  
TO EAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS ALL COASTAL WATERS OF THE FLORIDA  
KEYS AND THE ISLAND CHAIN. THE STRONGEST PORTIONS OF THIS ACTIVITY  
WILL BE CAPABLE OF BOUTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL LIMITING  
VISIBILITY, WIND GUSTS UP TO NEAR 25 KNOTS, AND AN OCCASIONAL  
LIGHTNING STRIKE. WHERE SHOWERS CROSS LAND, ISLAND COMMUNITIES MAY  
RECEIVE RAINFALL ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.  
 
 
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