Short Term Forecast
Issued by NWS Key West, FL

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Short Term Forecast
National Weather Service Key West FL
518 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

GMZ031-032-044-052-054-082230-
Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood
Sound-
Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge-
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 west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of
Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM-
518 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025

.NOW...
Through 630 pm, isolated showers with stray embedded thunderstorm
will wax and wane across the waters of Florida Bay, the eastern
Florida Straits, Bayside waters of the Middle Keys, and Hawk Channel
and the Florida Straits south of the Lower Keys. Showers are moving
at near 10 kts. Mariners encountering the stronger portions of this
activity may experience bouts of moderate to heavy rainfall reducing
visibilities, wind gusts up to near 25 knots, and possibly a few
lightning strikes.

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AJP