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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

251 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026



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Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel-

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 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-

251 PM EDT Sat Apr 18 2026



.NOW...

Through 4:45 p.m., isolated showers of moderate rain will move west-

northwestward near 10 knots across the lower Straits of Florida and

extreme southeastern Gulf, mainly between 30 nautical miles south of

the Marquesas Keys to within about 5 nautical miles south of Dry 

Tortugas National Park. Heavier showers will bring briefly reduced 

horizontal visibility below two miles and wind gusts up to 20 knots.



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Kasper