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FPUS72 KKEY 151507
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1107 AM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-035-042>044-052>054-072-151615-
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 OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST
1107 AM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
NOW
THROUGH NOON, SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT NEAR 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE
EASTERNMOST STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE UPPER
KEYS. THE STRONGER OF THE ACTIVITY IS CAPABLE OF BLINDING DOWNPOURS,
WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.
ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF THE UPPER KEYS CAN EXPECT A FEW TENTHS OF AN
INCH IN RAINFALL.
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