000 FZNT27 KNHC 072049 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 449 PM 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 21.6N 94.6W 980 mb at 5 PM EDT stationary. Maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts 85 kt. Katia is forecast to move to near 21.3N 95.0W late tonight, then to near 20.9N 95.6W Fri afternoon, then to near 20.3N 96.7W late Fri night, then moving inland near 19.5N 97.6W by Sat afternoon while weakening to a tropical storm, dissipating by Sun afternoon. Major Hurricane Irma is forecast to enter the eastern Straits of Florida Sat afternoon, 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. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft. .FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN NIGHT AND MON... .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .TUE...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.