000 FZNT27 KNHC 070948 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 548 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... .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. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 9 ft. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.