401  
FPUS72 KKEY 021456  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1056 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
FLZ076-078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052-053-072-073-021600-  
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 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 KEY WEST  
1056 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2026  
   
NOW  
 
THROUGH 12 PM, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN A THUNDERSTORM OR  
TWO WILL WAX AND WANE ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST GULF AND FLORIDA  
BAY. THE GENERAL MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS.  
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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