FPUS72 KKEY 050637

NOWKEY



Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

237 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026



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Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys-Monroe Lower Keys-

Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood

Sound-

Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile

Bridge-

Gulf of Mexico 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-

Including the Communities of Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West

237 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026



.NOW...

Through 330 am, a broken line of showers and embedded thunderstorm 

will stretch from the nearshore Florida Straits off of the Upper 

Keys, to the Middle Keys and surrounding nearshore waters. The 

stronger activity will produce generally produce wind gusts of 25 to

30 mph, blinding downpours and a rare lightning strikes. This

acctivity is moving east southeastward at around 15 mph. Island 

locations across the Middle Keys to Islamorada may receive an 

additional one half to one inches of rainfall.



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