506  
FPUS72 KKEY 151708  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
108 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-035-042>044-052>054-072-151815-  
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  
108 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 230 PM, SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT NEAR 10 KNOTS THROUGH  
THE EASTERNMOST STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE GULF SIDE WATERS. THE  
STRONGER OF THE ACTIVITY IS CAPABLE OF BLINDING DOWNPOURS, WIND  
GUSTS OF NEAR 25 KNOTS, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISLAND  
COMMUNITIES OF THE UPPER KEYS CAN EXPECT A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH IN  
RAINFALL.  
 

 
 
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