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FPUS72 KKEY 120444
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1244 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072>074-120545-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND-
BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE-
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-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 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 AND MARATHON
1244 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
NOW
THROUGH 200 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST BETWEEN AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS
OF HAWK CHANNEL AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS OVER THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT BLINDING
DOWNPOURS, WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
STRIKES. SOME ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS CAN
EXPECT A QUICK QUARTER INCH TO HALF INCH OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY IN
EXCESS OF A HALF INCH IN THE HEAVIEST AND ANY PERSISTENT ACTIVITY
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
MJV
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