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FPUS72 KKEY 222254
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
554 PM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
FLZ078-GMZ032>035-044-054-055-074-075-230000-
MONROE LOWER KEYS-
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 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-
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 WEST
554 PM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
NOW
THROUGH 7 PM, A PREFRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF 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. THIS
BOUNDARY IS ESTIMATED TO MAKE IT TO KEY WEST AND ITS SURROUNDING
WATERS AT 630 PM.
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