102  
FPUS72 KKEY 120236  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1036 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2025  
 
FLZ076-GMZ031-042-052-072>074-120400-  
MONROE UPPER KEYS-  
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD  
SOUND-HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 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-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO  
1036 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2025  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH MIDNIGHT, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO  
THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS FROM THE BAHAMA BANKS INTO THE  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA SOUTHEAST OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS, INCLUDING  
PORTIONS OF THE REEF NEAR KEY LARGO. THE COVERAGE CONTINUES TO  
INCREASE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS  
NEAR 25 KNOTS, BLINDING DOWNPOURS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.  
ELSEWHERE, A POTENT THUNDERSTORM NEAR VARADERO, CUBA, WILL SPILL TO  
THE NORTH INTO THE DISTANT STRAITS SOUTHEAST OF THE WOODS WALLS.  
WHETHER OR NOT THIS STORM SURVIVES, THE OUTFLOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF  
WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, AT LEAST INITIALLY.  
 

 
 
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