438  
FPUS72 KKEY 092157  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
557 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-092300-  
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-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
557 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 700 PM, NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO EAST AT NEAR 10 KNOTS THROUGH  
THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE UPPER KEYS, THE DEEP GULF WATERS, AND THE  
NORTHERN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST OF THE ACTIVITY,  
CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE GULF WATERS NEAR THE TOWERS, IS CAPABLE OF  
MODERATE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES, WIND GUSTS OF NEAR  
25 KNOTS, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.  
 
 
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