Tracking Areas of Fire Weather, Winter Weather, and Severe Weather Thursday
Continuation of gusty winds and low relative humidity will additional periods of critical fire weather to the southern Plains Thursday and Friday. Another Pacific storm will continue gusty winds and heavy snow over the western mountains into Thursday. Severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the middle Mississippi into lower Ohio Valleys Thursday afternoon into early evening. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms (GMZ035) Issued by: National Weather Service Key West, FL Last Update: 423 PM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 | |
| Tonight: East to southeast winds near 10 knots, becoming southeast. Seas around 1 foot, except 1 to 2 feet west of the marquesas keys. Nearshore waters a light chop. Thursday And Thursday Night: Southeast winds near 10 knots. seas around 1 foot, except 1 to 2 feet west of the marquesas keys. Nearshore waters a light chop. Friday: Southeast winds near 10 knots, decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 1 foot, except 1 to 2 feet west of the marquesas keys. Nearshore waters a light chop, becoming smooth to a light chop. Friday Night: East to southeast winds near 10 knots. Seas around 1 foot, except 1 to 2 feet west of the marquesas keys. nearshore waters a light chop. Saturday: Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming variable and decreasing to near 5 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 1 foot, subsiding to 1 foot or less. Nearshore waters smooth to a light chop, becoming smooth. Saturday Night: Variable winds near 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Nearshore waters smooth. Sunday: Variable winds near 5 knots, becoming west and increasing to 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, except building to 1 to 2 feet west of the marquesas keys. Nearshore waters smooth, becoming a light to moderate chop. Isolated showers. Sunday Night: Northwest winds near 15 knots, becoming northwest to north and increasing to near 25 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. West of the marquesas keys, seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet, building to 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Nearshore waters a moderate chop, becoming extremely rough. Isolated showers. Monday: North winds 20 to 25 knots, decreasing to near 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet, except 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet west of the marquesas keys. Nearshore waters very rough, becoming rough. Monday Night: North winds near 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet, except 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet west of the marquesas keys. Nearshore waters rough. | |
| Zone Forecast: Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms (GMZ035) | |
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