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FPUS72 KKEY 160855
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
455 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
FLZ077-078-GMZ031>033-035-043-044-161000-
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 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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MARATHON AND KEY WEST
455 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NOW
THROUGH 6 AM, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
NORTH TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS SURROUNDING THE MIDDLE
AND LOWER KEYS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KNOTS, BRIEF BLINDING DOWNPOURS, AND BRIEF BOUTS OF
LIGHTNING. SOME ISLAND COMMUNITIES MAY PICK UP A QUICK ONE TO TWO-
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.
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