277  
FPUS72 KKEY 120859  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
459 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025  
 
FLZ078-GMZ033-035-044-054-074-121000-  
MONROE LOWER KEYS-  
GULF OF AMERICA FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT  
AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS-  
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 WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY WEST  
459 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 600 AM, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO  
MOVE WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE WEST-CENTRAL  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA, THE BAYSIDE/GULFSIDE WATERS, THE OFFSHORE GULF  
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. 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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