185  
FPUS72 KKEY 031653  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1253 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
 
FLZ077-078-GMZ032-033-035-043-044-053-054-031800-  
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-  
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-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MARATHON AND KEY WEST  
1253 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 200 PM, ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH A STRAY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM  
WILL WAX AND WANE IN CLOUD LINES JUST NORTH OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE  
KEYS AND OVER THE OUTER GULF WATERS. SHOWERS WILL BE NEARLY  
STATIONARY. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY MAY EXPERIENCE  
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN MODERATE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS, GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS, AND A STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKE. ISLAND COMMUNITIES  
IN THE LOWER KEYS FROM CUDJOE TO BIG PINE KEY MAY OBSERVE A TENTH TO  
A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.  
 

 
 
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