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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

1147 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

1147 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026



.NOW...

Through 1 am, a cluster of showers and isolated thunderstorms across

eastern Hawk Channel and the far northeast Straits (northeast of the

Islamorada Humps) will continue moving to the east at near 15 knots.

Additional showers continue across the Upper Keys, portions of 

Florida Bay as well as the nearshore waters to the north of the Lower

Keys. Mariners encountering the stronger activity can expect heavy 

downpours, wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots, and occasional lightning. 

Some island communities of the Upper Keys, mainly northeast of 

Tavernier can expect additional rainfall amounts of a few hundredths 

to few tenths of an inch of rainfall.



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