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FPUS72 KKEY 160957
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
557 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-035-042-043-052-053-072-073-161100-
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-
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-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 OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE
20 TO 60 NM OUT-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO AND MARATHON
557 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NOW
THROUGH 7 AM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NEARSHORE
WATERS SURROUNDING THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 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 AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO- TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.
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