410
FPUS72 KKEY 021131
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
731 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026
FLZ076-078-GMZ031>033-035-042>044-052>054-072>074-021245-
MONROE UPPER 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 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 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 AND KEY WEST
731 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026
NOW
THROUGH 830 AM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD AT NEAR 10 KNOTS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST
AREA, EXCLUDING THE WESTERNMOST WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND THE
SOUTHEAST GULF. AT 730 AM, THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS CENTERED 24 NM
SOUTHEAST OF T TOWER. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING ANY ACTIVITY MAY
EXPERIENCE REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM HEAVY DOWNPOURS, GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ANY
SHOWERS THAT CROSS ISLAND COMMUNITIES MAY ONLY PRODUCE UP TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF NEW RAINFALL.
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