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FPUS72 KKEY 122153
NOWKEY
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
553 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-035-042>044-122300-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE 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 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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST
553 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
NOW
THROUGH 700 PM, CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO WAX AND WANE OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS, AS WELL AS THE OUTER GULF WATERS. THE ACTIVITY WILL BE NEARLY
STATIONARY. MARINERS ENCOUNTERING THIS ACTIVITY MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS, REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM HEAVY
DOWNPOURS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISLAND COMMUNITIES IN
THE FLORIDA KEYS MAY OBSERVE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH
TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
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