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FPUS72 KKEY 152239
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
639 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-152345-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND-
BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE-
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-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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO AND MARATHON
639 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
NOW
THROUGH 730 PM, A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG A BOUNDARY LINE ACROSS THE NEARSHORE
WATERS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS, OCCASIONALLY CROSSING THE ISLAND
CHAIN. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT 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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