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FZNT25 KNHC 082128
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NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
528 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 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...Major Hurricane Irma is forecast to enter the eastern
Straits of Florida Sat afternoon, then turn northward across the 
Florida peninsula Sat night and Sunday, bringing tropical storm 
force and possibly hurricane force winds to eastern portions of 
the Straits of Florida and Florida Bay in the far SE Gulf late Sat
into Sun. 

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N to NE winds
15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 25 to
30 kt, increasing to 45 to 50 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to
9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SAT NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 80 to
90 kt, increasing to 100 to 120 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to
12 ft,building to 7 to 19 ft after midnight. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N winds 95 to 115 kt. Seas
9 to 20 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or
less. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NW to N winds 80 to
100 kt, becoming NW 55 to 60 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 18 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning,
subsiding to 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Major Hurricane Irma near 22.1N 76.5W 925 mb at 5 PM
EDT moving W at 10 kt. Maximum sustained winds 135 kt gusts 
165 kt. Irma is forecast to move to near 22.4N 78.2W tonight,
23.0N 79.9W Sat afternoon, then turn more northward to 24.1N
81.0W Sat night and 25.7N 81.5W by Sun afternoon. Irma will
weaken to a tropical storm as it moves up the Florida peninsula
into Mon, reaching near 30.6N 83.0 by Mon afternoon, before
continuing northward into Georgia and weakening further. 

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS. S of 27N,N to NE winds 60 to
70 kt, becoming NE 95 to 115 kt after midnight. N of 27N,NE
winds 55 to 65 kt, becoming NE to E 95 to 115 kt after midnight.
Seas 3 to 14 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE to E winds 95 to
115 kt. Seas 3 to 18 ft in E to SE swell. Scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S of 27N,E to SE
winds 100 to 120 kt. N of 27N,E winds 90 to 110 kt, diminishing
to 40 to 45 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 24 ft in E to SE swell.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S of 27N,SE to S winds
95 to 115 kt, becoming S 50 to 60 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N,
E to SE winds 25 to 30 kt, increasing to 35 to 40 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 26 ft in SE swell. Scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S to SW winds 30 to
40 kt S of 27N, and SE 35 to 40 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 25 ft in
SE to S swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...W winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 20 to 25 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 12 ft in SE swell. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 15 to
20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 10 ft in E to SE swell. 
.WED...S of 27N,W winds 5 to 10 kt. N of 27N,SW winds 10 to
15 kt, shifting to SE to S 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to
7 ft.