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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

845 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026



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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 west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal

out to the reef-

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 Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas

20 to 60 NM out-

Including the Communities of Key West

845 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026



.NOW...

Through 10 PM, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will

extend from near the Marquesas Keys to the Florida Bay and move

west-southwest at 5 to 10 knots. Mariners encountering the stronger 

of the activity should prepare for wind gusts near 25 knots, 

blinding downpours, and brief bouts of lightning.



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