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FZNT27 KNHC 081555
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1155 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 centered near 21.0N 95.8W 975 mb at
11 AM EDT moving WSW at 4 kt. Maximum sustained winds 85 kt
gusts 105 kt. Katia is forecast to move to near 20.6N 96.4W this
evening, with maximum sustained wind of 85 kt gusts to 105 kt,
and inland near 19.7N 97.4W by early on Tuesday, with maximum
sustained winds 45 kt gusts to 55 kt. Katia will gradually
weaken as it moves further inland through Tuesday night. Major
Hurricane Irma is forecast to enter the eastern Straits of
Florida Saturday afternoon, then turn northward across the
Florida peninsula Saturday 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.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 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

...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUN AND MON NIGHT...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS SUN NIGHT AND MON...

.THIS AFTERNOON...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 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.