FPUS72 KKEY 050314

NOWKEY



Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

1114 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026



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Monroe Upper 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 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-

Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM-

Including the Communities of Key Largo

1114 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026



.NOW...

Through midnight, a cluster of showers and isolated thunderstorms 

across Florida Bay, the Upper Keys (between Windley Key and Route 

1/Card Sound), and eastern Hawk Channel will continue moving to the 

east at near 15 knots. Additional shower activity across the 

nearshore waters north of the Lower Keys will continue moving to the 

northeast to east at near 5 knots. Mariners encountering this 

activity can expect heavy downpours, wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots, 

and frequent lightning. On land, rainfall amounts of a half to one 

inch with locally in excess of 1 inch is expected between Tavernier 

and Key Largo.



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MJV