872  
FPUS72 KKEY 152131  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
531 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
FLZ076-GMZ031-042-052-152245-  
MONROE UPPER KEYS-  
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD  
SOUND-HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO  
531 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 630 PM, CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE  
NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF  
THE UPPER KEYS, OCCASIONALLY BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE UPPER KEYS AS  
WELL. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY CAN EXPECTED ERRATIC WIND  
GUSTS NEAR 25 KNOTS, PERSISTENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND HEAVY RAIN  
RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF THE UPPER  
KEYS CAN EXPECT A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.  
 

 
 
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