000 FZNT25 KNHC 090905 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 505 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 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...Tropical Storm Katia centered near 20.3N 97.5W 1001 mb at 5 AM EDT moving W at 2 kt. Maximum winds 35 kt with gusts to 45 kt. Katia will dissipate inland through this afternoon. Major Hurricane Irma is forecast to enter the eastern Straits of Florida today, then turn northward across the Florida peninsula tonight and Sunday, bringing tropical storm force and hurricane force winds to eastern portions of the Straits of Florida and Florida Bay and far SE Gulf late today into Sun. Tropical storm and possible hurricane conditions will spread north along the far eastern Gulf through Mon, improving rapidly through Mon night. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TODAY...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 30 to 35 kt, increasing to 45 to 50 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 to 15 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 80 to 90 kt, increasing to 90 to 110 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 18 ft, building to 12 to 23 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N winds 90 to 110 kt. Seas 12 to 25 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NW winds 90 to 110 kt. Seas 11 to 21 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W to NW winds 80 to 90 kt, diminishing to 60 to 70 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 to 18 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .TUE...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Major Hurricane Irma near 22.5N 78.7W 930 mb at 5 AM EDT moving WNW at 10 kt. Maximum sustained winds 135 kt gusts 165 kt. Irma will move up the Florida peninsula Sun and Mon, reaching near 27.7N 82.4 by Mon morning, before continuing northward into Georgia while weakening to a tropical storm. Farther E, Major Hurricane Jose near 17.5N 60.3W 940 mb moving WNW at 11 kt. Maximum sustained winds 130 kt gusts to 160 kt. Jose will approach the northern Leeward Islands today, then on to 21.5N 65.9W Sun afternoon. Jose will continue to 23.1N 67.6W Mon morning. Jose will then move slowly to the N then NE Tue and Wed, NE of the Bahamas and S of Bermuda. Jose is then expected to meander over the eastern zones Thu and Fri. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TODAY...HURRICANE CONDITIONS. NE to E winds 95 to 115 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 90 to 110 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 20 ft in E to SE swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S of 27N,E to SE winds 90 to 110 kt. N of 27N,E winds 85 to 105 kt, diminishing to 50 to 55 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 22 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 90 to 110 kt, becoming S 60 to 70 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N, E winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming E to SE 35 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 to 18 ft in SE swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S to SW winds 40 to 50 kt S of 27N, and SE 40 to 50 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 18 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW winds 25 to 30 kt S of 27N, and S 35 to 45 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 19 ft in S swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SW 25 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 17 ft in SE to S swell. .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 9 ft in E to SE swell. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft in E swell.