383  
FPUS72 KKEY 220950  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
550 AM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026  
 
FLZ077-078-GMZ032-033-035-043-044-053-054-073-221100-  
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-  
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-  
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 CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE  
20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MARATHON AND KEY WEST  
550 AM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 7 AM, ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE WEST  
NORTHWEST AT NEAR 15 KNOTS AS THEY WAX AND WANE ACROSS THE FLORIDA  
KEYS COASTAL WATERS. OCCASIONALLY, A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE  
ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS, ESPECIALLY MARATHON AND KEY WEST TO  
STOCK ISLAND. THE STRONGER ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 25  
KNOTS AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY BRIEFLY. ON LAND, A  
FEW ISLAND COMMUNITIES MAY PICK UP A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO A QUARTER OF  
AN INCH OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HEAVIEST  
ACTIVITY.  
 
 
 
MJV  
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