FPUS72 KKEY 042116

NOWKEY



Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

516 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026



FLZ076-GMZ031-042-042230-

Monroe Upper Keys-

Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood

Sound-Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef-

Including the Communities of Key Largo

516 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026



.NOW...

Through 630 PM, isolated showers across the northeast portions of 

Florida Bay, mainly east of a line from Mosquito Point to the Upper 

Keys, mainly north of Tavernier, will continue to move to the east to

southeast between 5 to 10 knots. Mariners encountering this activity

in Florida Bay can expect heavy downpours, wind gusts of 20 to 25 

knots, with the potential for a lightning strike or two not 

completely ruled out. On land, rainfall amounts of a few tenths to a 

quarter of an inch are possible between Tavernier and Key Largo with 

locally higher in excess of a quarter inch also possible where the 

heaviest rain occurs.



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