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NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
547 AM EDT Thu Sep 7 2017

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Katia near 21.5N 94.5W 989 mb at 5 AM EDT
nearly stationary. Maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts 85 kt.
Katia is forecast to remain relatively stationary and slowly
strengthen through tonight then begin to move SW, reaching near
20.8N 95.8W Fri afternoon and inland near 20.2N 97.1W Fri night,
where it will quickly weaken to a post-tropical cyclone. Major
Hurricane Irma is forecast to move between Cuba and the Bahamas
Fri and Sat, then turn northward across the Florida peninsula
Sat night and Sun, bringing tropical storm force winds to
eastern portions of the Straits of Florida and Florida Bay in
the far SE Gulf late Sat into Sun.  

.TODAY...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 20 to
25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N to NE winds 30 to 35 kt.
Seas 4 to 9 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Major Hurricane Irma near 20.0N 68.4W 921 mb at 5 AM
EDT moving WNW at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds 155 kt gusts 
190 kt. Irma is forecast to continue WNW today and move just 
offshore of Hispaniola, reaching near 20.7N 70.5W this
afternoon, near 21.7N 73.1W tonight, near 22.3N 75.5W Fri
afternoon, near  22.8N 77.4W Fri night, near 24.5N 80.0W Sat
night across the  Straits of Florida, then turn northward and
move across portions of the Florida Peninsula Sun and Sun night
and towards the SE U.S. coast. Large SE swell from Irma will
spread across the regional waters today through Sat. Hurricane
Jose near 14.8N  49.1W 986 mb at 5 AM EDT moving WNW at 16 kt.
Maximum sustained  winds 80 kt gusts 100 kt. Jose is forecast to
continue WNW while gradually strengthening. 

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 10 ft in E to SE swell. 
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 14 ft in E to SE 
swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE winds 20 to 25 kt,
increasing to 35 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 15 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S of 27N,N to
NE winds 55 to 60 kt. 80 to 100 kt after midnight. N of 27N,NE
to E winds 50 to 55 kt. Seas 3 to 14 ft. Scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms. 
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S of 27N,NE winds 85 to
105 kt. N of 27N,NE to E winds 80 to 100 kt, becoming E 50 to
55 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 14 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.