FPUS72 KKEY 201200 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 800 AM EDT Fri Mar 20 2026 FLZ076-077-GMZ031-042-043-052-053-072-073-201300- Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys- Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound-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- Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out- Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Key Largo and Marathon 800 AM EDT Fri Mar 20 2026 .NOW... Through 900 am, a cluster of showers will move to the southwest at near 15 knots across the eastern Straits of Florida south of the Middle and Upper Keys. The stronger of the activity will be capable of blinding downpours and wind gusts near 25 knots. $$