628 FPUS72 KKEY 022311 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 611 PM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 FLZ078-GMZ033>035-043-044-054-055-074-075-030015- Monroe Lower Keys- 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 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 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 611 PM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 .NOW... Through 7 PM, two lines of showers will progress eastward at near 15 knots. Mariners encountering this activity should prepare for blinding downpours within moderate to heavy rainfall and wind gusts to near 25 knots. The stronger showers will attempt to develop into thunderstorms over the next couple of hours with an added threat for cloud- to-water lightning. Island communities may see up to a tenth of an inch of new rainfall. $$