679  
FPUS72 KKEY 120550  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
150 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025  
 
FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042>044-052>054-072>074-120700-  
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-  
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 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  
150 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 300 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA, FLORIDA BAY, THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS, THE  
BAYSIDE/GULFSIDE WATERS, AND PORTIONS OF HAWK CHANNEL. 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.  
 
 
 
MJV  
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