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NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
455 AM 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...

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Katia near 21.3N 95.4W 977 mb at 5 AM EDT
moving WSW at 3 kt. Maximum sustained winds 80 kt gusts 100 kt.
Katia is forecast to move to near 21.0N 96.0W this afternoon,
then inland near 20.3N 97.0W late tonight, then to near 19.3N
98.2W Sat afternoon while weakening to a tropical storm inland,
then dissipating Saturday night. 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 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. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 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

.TODAY...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...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. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N to NE winds 25 to
30 kt. Seas 5 to 10 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...W to NW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft.