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Short Term Forecast
National Weather Service Key West FL
654 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

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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 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 Marathon and Key West
654 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

.NOW...
Through 800 pm, isolated showers with a stray thunderstorm will wax
and wane over the waters north of the Florida Keys island chain.
These showers are nearly stationary. Additional groups of showers 
developing along boundaries near the Lower and Middle Keys. Mariners
encountering these showers may experience reduced visibility in 
moderate to heavy downpours, a stray lightning strike, and wind gusts
up to 20 knots. Island communities in the Lower and Middle Keys may
observe a hundredth to a tenth of an inch of additional rainfall.

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