Short Term Forecast
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
318 FPUS72 KKEY 271354 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 854 AM EST Thu Nov 27 2025 FLZ078-GMZ035-044-054-055-074-075-271500- Monroe Lower Keys- Gulf of America from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms- Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Key West 854 AM EST Thu Nov 27 2025 .NOW... Through 1000 am, scattered showers, which are pulsing up and down, will continue moving to the northwest to north between 5 to 10 knots across the western Straits of Florida, western Hawk Channel, and the Lower Keys. These showers will be capable of localized wind gusts near 25 knots and periods of poor visibility within moderate to heavy rain. Some island communities of the Lower Keys may observe a trace to few tenths of an inch of additional rainfall with locally in excess of half of an inch in the heaviest activity. $$ AJP