917  
FPUS72 KKEY 090553  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
153 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-090700-  
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  
153 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 300 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
CONTINUE TO WAX AND WANE AS THEY MOVE GENERALLY NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10  
TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS MOST OF THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS  
SURROUNDING THE KEYS. SOME SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY IMPACT  
AREAS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN AT TIMES.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 AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH ARE  
POSSIBLE WHERE SHOWERS OCCUR OVER LAND.  
 
 
 
MC  
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