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FPUS72 KKEY 160621
NOWKEY

Short Term Forecast
National Weather Service Key West FL
221 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

FLZ077-078-GMZ032>035-043-044-053-055-072-073-075-160730-
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 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-
Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge
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 Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas
20 to 60 NM out-
Including the Communities of Marathon and Key West
221 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.NOW...
Through 330 am, scattered showers and thunderstorms spread across
the Florida Straits and Hawk Channel south of the Lower and Middle
Keys and the Gulfside nearshore waters north of the Lower and Middle
Keys will continue to move northwest at 10 to 15 knots as they wax
and wane. Some of these showers may cross the Lower and Middle Keys
while producing wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour and rainfall
accumulations up to a quarter inch. Additional showers and potential
thunderstorms over the western Florida Straits and outer Gulf,
including the Dry Tortugas, will also move generally northwest at 10
to 15 knots. Mariners encountering the strongest of this activity
can expect moderate to blinding downpours limiting visibility, wind
gusts to near 25 knots, and brief bouts of lightning.

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MC