733  
FPUS72 KKEY 130321  
NOWKEY  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1121 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
 
FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-130430-  
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 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 WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
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-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS  
20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, MARATHON, AND KEY WEST  
1121 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
THROUGH 1230 AM, CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL CONTINUE TO WAX AND WANE OVER THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS  
OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE ACTIVITY WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY. MARINERS  
ENCOUNTERING THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS OF NEAR 25 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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