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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

257 AM EDT Mon May 4 2026



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Monroe Upper 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 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 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 Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas

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-

Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas

20 to 60 NM out-

Including the Communities of Key Largo and Key West

257 AM EDT Mon May 4 2026



.NOW...

Through 4 AM, scattered to numerous showers and isolated 

thunderstorms will continue moving northeast to east at 10 to 15 

knots across the SE Gulf waters, the eastern Straits of Florida, the 

nearshore waters surrounding the Island Chain, and the Island Chain, 

especially the Middle and Lower Keys. Mariners encountering the 

stronger activity across waters surrounding the Middle Keys should 

prepare for blinding heavy downpours, wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots, 

and frequent lightning. On land, island communities of the Middle 

Keys and Lower Keys east of Ramrod Key may pick up an additional 

quarter to half an inch of rainfall, with locally higher amounts up 

to 1 and a half inches in the heaviest activity.



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AJP