077  
FPUS72 KKEY 031759  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
159 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
 
FLZ077-078-GMZ032-035-043-044-053-054-031900-  
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-  
BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE-  
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  
159 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 400 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 ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT  
NEAR 5 KNOTS. 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 SUGARLOAF KEY TO BIG PINE KEY MAY OBSERVE A  
TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.  
 

 
 
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