FPUS72 KKEY 050730

NOWKEY



Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

330 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026



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Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle 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-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-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 and Marathon

330 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026



.NOW...

Through 430 am, scattered showers will be found over the island chain

from Marathon to Islamorada, and surrounding nearshore waters. The

stronger activity will produce wind gusts of 20 to 25 mph as the

cells track east southeastward at 15 mph. Island locations from Key

Colony Beach to the Matecumbes may receive an additional one quarter

to one half of an inch of rainfall.



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