854  
FPUS72 KKEY 090351  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1151 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-090500-  
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-  
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD  
SOUND-  
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-  
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 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 HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
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-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
1151 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2025  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 100 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
CONTINUE TO WAX AND WANE AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST BETWEEN  
10 TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS MOST OF THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF  
THE ISLAND CHAIN. SOME SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY IMPACT  
AREAS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN AT TIMES. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE  
IN COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THE STRONGER  
ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY,  
WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.  
RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE WHERE SHOWERS OCCUR  
OVER LAND.  
 
 
 
MC  
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