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FPUS72 KKEY 231851
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
251 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
FLZ077-078-GMZ032-033-035-043-044-232000-
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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MARATHON AND KEY WEST
251 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
NOW
THROUGH 400 PM, SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED STRONGER EMBEDDED
BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS WILL WAX AND WANE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
AND MIDDLE KEYS, THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE GULF AND HAWK
CHANNEL, AS WELL AS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO
THE NORTHWEST AT NEAR 15 KNOTS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THE STRONGEST
ACTIVITY, MAINLY NORTHEAST OF SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, CAN EXPECT HEAVY
DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY WIND GUSTS 20 TO 25 KNOTS, AND A FEW
LIGHTNING STRIKES. A FEW ISLAND COMMUNITIES BETWEEN SUGARLOAF KEY
AND MARATHON CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.
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