One product issued by NWS for: 5NM E Vaca Cut FL
Short Term Forecast
Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 1158 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 FLZ076>078-GMZ031-042>044-052>054-072>074-091700- Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower Keys- Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound-Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef- 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 Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 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 west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West 1158 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 .NOW... Through 100 pm, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will move generally to the southwest at 10 to 15 knots across Hawk Channel and the Florida Straits south of the Island Chain, as well as the Middle and Upper Keys and the adjacent Florida Bay. The strongest activity in the Straits of Florida south of the Middle and Upper Keys will approach Hawk Channel and then the Island Chain, capable of producing blinding downpours, wind gusts 25 to 30 knots, and occasional cloud to surface lightning strikes. Several island communities between Pigeon Key and Tavernier can expect between a quarter to one half of an inch of rainfall. $$