581  
FPUS72 KKEY 021227  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
827 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
FLZ076-078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-021400-  
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 INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL-  
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 HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
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-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO AND KEY WEST  
827 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 10 AM, WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE  
GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS  
SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE FOUND  
ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST GULF WATERS AND EASTERNMOST STRAITS OF  
FLORIDA. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING ANY ACTIVITY MAY EXPERIENCE REDUCED  
VISIBILITY FROM HEAVY DOWNPOURS, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS OF 20 TO 25  
KNOTS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.  
 

 
 
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