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Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service Key West FL

656 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025



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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 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 Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas

20 to 60 NM out-

656 AM EST Tue Dec 30 2025



.NOW...

Through 0800 AM, a line of shallow showers on the leading edge of a 

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

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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AJP