000 FZNT27 KNHC 091615 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1215 PM 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... .SYNOPSIS...The remnant low of former Tropical Storm Katia is centered just inland Mexico near 20.0N 97.9W 1004 mb at 11 AM EDT moving WSW at 2 kt. Maximum winds 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. The low will dissipate by early this evening. Major Hurricane Irma currently along the N central coast of Cuba is forecast to enter the eastern Straits of Florida this afternoon, reach near 23.4N 80.7W early tonight, then turn NW into the Gulf of Mexico to near 24.5N 81.6W by early Sunday, and track northward over the Florida peninsula during the rest of Sunday and Sunday night. Irma will bring tropical storm force and hurricane force winds to the eastern portions of the Straits of Florida and Florida Bay and far SE Gulf late this afternoon and through late today into Sunday. Tropical storm and hurricane conditions will spread northward along the far eastern Gulf through early Monday afternoon, before lifting N of the Gulf Monday night. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 9 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...HURRICANE WARNING... ...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MON... ...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MON NIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...E of 87W...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N winds 50 to 70 kt. Seas 15 to 21 ft. Between 87W and 90W... NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...E of 87W...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. Seas 15 to 21 ft. Between 87W and 90W....NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 30 to 35 kt, increasing to 45 to 50 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 14 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N winds 65 to 75 kt. Seas 7 to 14 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .TUE...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.