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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

605 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025



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Monroe Middle Keys-

Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood

Sound-

Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge-

Gulf of America from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal

out to 5 Fathoms-

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 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 Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas

20 to 60 NM out-

Including the Communities of Marathon

605 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025



.NOW...

Through 0700 AM, a line of shallow showers on the leading edge of a 

cold front will transit across Florida Bay, the Bayside/Gulfside, 

portions of Hawk Channel, and the Middle and Lower Keys. The line 

will continue moving southeastward at 15 to 20 knots. Mariners 

encountering this line of showers may experience showers will be 

capable of brief periods of light rainfall with wind gusts near 25 

knots. Island Chain communities may experience a trace of rainfall.



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MJV