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FPUS72 KKEY 130403
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1203 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
FLZ078-GMZ032>035-043-044-130530-
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 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 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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY WEST
1203 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
NOW
THROUGH 130 AM, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
WANE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS AS WELL AS THE
ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF IN THE VICINITY
OF THE DRY TORTUGAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE
SOUTHWEST AT NEAR 10 KNOTS. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THE STRONGEST
WANING STORMS, MAINLY BETWEEN PULASKI SHOAL AND NEW GROUND ROCKS
LIGHT CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY, WIND
GUSTS NEAR 20 KNOTS, AND A FEW CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES.
OVER LAND, A FEW ISLAND COMMUNITIES BETWEEN BIG PINE KEY AND MARATHON
CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.
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