FPUS72 KKEY 270111 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 911 PM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-270215- 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 America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms- Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel- 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- 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 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- 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 Largo, Marathon, and Key West 911 PM EDT Sun Oct 26 2025 .NOW... Through 1000 pm, scattered showers, and possibly an embedded thunderstorm, will race west northwestward at 20 to 25 mph over the Florida Keys and surrounding near through offshore waters. The stronger activity will produce wind gusts near 30 mph, blinding downpours, and possibly a rare lightning strike. Island locations along the Lower and Middle Keys will be most likely to be affected by a few weaker showers, and receive less than a tenth of an inch of rain. $$