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FPUS72 KKEY 231419
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1019 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072-073-231530-
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-
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
1019 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
NOW
THROUGH 1130 AM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE MARINE
ZONES EAST OF BIG PINE KEY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST
AT NEAR 15 KNOTS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY,
MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE MIDDLE KEYS, CAN EXPECT HEAVY
DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY, WIND GUSTS NEAR 25 KNOTS, AND A RARE
CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKE. OVER LAND, ISLAND COMMUNITIES
BETWEEN BAHIA HONDA KEY AND MARATHON CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE QUARTER OF
AN INCH OF QUICK RAINFALL.
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