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FPUS72 KKEY 222211
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
511 PM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
FLZ078-GMZ033>035-044-054-055-222315-
MONROE LOWER KEYS-
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 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 WEST
511 PM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
NOW
THROUGH 6 PM, A PREFRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM D TOWER TO
THE DRY TORTUGAS WILL RACE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 25 KNOTS THROUGH THE
SOUTHEAST GULF WATERS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS LINE CAN EXPECT
BOUTS OF MODERATE RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES, AND WIND GUSTS UP
TO NEAR 30 KNOTS. MEANWHILE, AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EJECTED FORWARD BY
DECAYING SHOWERS WILL RACE AHEAD OF THIS ACTIVITY BRINGING A SUDDEN
WIND SHIFT TO FRESH TO STRONG NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES.
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