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FPUS72 KKEY 161252
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
852 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
FLZ076-GMZ031-042-052-072-161400-
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-
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO
852 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NOW
THROUGH 10 AM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT NEAR 15 KNOTS
ACROSS THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS SURROUNDING THE UPPER KEYS.
MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 20 TO
25 KNOTS, BRIEF BLINDING DOWNPOURS, AND A STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKE.
SOME ISLAND COMMUNITIES MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO-
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.
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