543  
FPUS72 KKEY 100353  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1153 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-035-042>044-052>054-073-074-100500-  
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 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 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-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
1153 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 100 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM  
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO EAST AT NEAR 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE NEARSHORE  
WATERS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS, THE OUTER GULF AND BAYSIDE WATERS NORTH  
OF THE KEYS, AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST AREAS OF ACTIVITY,  
CURRENTLY STRADDLING THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS, ARE CAPABLE OF HEAVY  
DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES, WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS, AND  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISLAND COMMUNITIES MAY OBSERVE RAINFALL  
ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH.  
 

 
 
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