181  
FPUS72 KKEY 231600  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1200 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072-073-231700-  
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  
1200 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 100 PM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL WAX AND WANE ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE AND  
OFFSHORE MARINE ZONES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST AT  
NEAR 15 KNOTS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY, MAINLY  
IN THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS NORTH OF SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, CAN EXPECT  
HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY AND WIND GUSTS 20 TO 25 KNOTS.  
 

 
 
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