318  
FPUS72 KKEY 120751  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
351 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025  
 
FLZ078-GMZ033>035-044-054-072>074-120900-  
MONROE LOWER KEYS-  
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 WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
OUT TO THE REEF-  
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 WEST  
351 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 500 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA, THE BAYSIDE/GULFSIDE WATERS, THE OFFSHORE GULF  
WATERS, INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS, AND PORTIONS OF HAWK CHANNEL.  
MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT BLINDING DOWNPOURS,  
WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ON  
LAND, A FEW ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF THE LOWER KEYS MAY PICK UP AN  
ADDITIONAL TRACE TO COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.  
 
 
 
MJV  
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