325  
FPUS72 KKEY 092301  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
701 PM EDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031-032-035-042>044-052>054-072>074-100015-  
MONROE UPPER KEYS-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 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-  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
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 WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL 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-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
701 PM EDT THU APR 9 2026  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 8 PM, SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH  
THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN AT 10 TO 15  
KNOTS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY LOCATED OVER GULFSIDE PATCH REEF WILL  
BE CAPABLE OF BLINDING DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 25 KNOTS. ISLAND  
COMMUNITIES MAY SEE NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN  
INCH.  
 
 
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