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FPUS72 KKEY 121045
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
FLZ077-GMZ032-033-043-053-072-073-121145-
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE-
GULF OF AMERICA FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT
AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS-
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO
THE REEF-
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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MARATHON
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
NOW
THROUGH 800 AM, ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE BEGUN TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE
NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE MIDDLE KEYS. THESE HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME THUNDERSTORMS BUT THE ONLY THUNDERSTORMS OF NOTE
ARE EXITING THE KEYS WATERS TO THE NORTHWEST OUT OF THE OFFSHORE SE
GULF WATERS AT THIS TIME. THE NEW ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO
THE WEST NORTHWEST AT NEAR 15 KNOTS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS
ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KNOTS. A SHOWER TWO MAY OCCASIONALLY CROSS THE
MIDDLE KEYS BRINGING A QUICK TRACE TO COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF
RAINFALL.
MJV
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