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FPUS72 KKEY 090702  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
302 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-054-055-090830-  
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 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-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
302 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 430 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
CONTINUE TO WAX AND WANE AS THEY MOVE GENERALLY NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10  
TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS THE NEARSHORE SURROUNDING THE KEYS, THE DEEP GULF,  
AND THE FLORIDA STRAITS OUT 20 NM. 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 A COUPLE TENTHS  
OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WHERE SHOWERS OCCUR OVER LAND.  
 

 
 
MC  
 
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