000 FZNT32 KNHC 082110 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 510 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2017 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast for the Gulf of Mexico Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico .SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Katia centered near 21.0N 96.5W 972 mb at 5 PM EDT moving WSW at 4 kt. Maximum winds 90 kt with gusts to 110 kt. Katia will move inland late this evening, and reach near 20.6N 96.4W tonight, with maximum sustained wind of 85 kt gusts to 105 kt, then weaken through early Sat as it moves near 20.0N 98.0W before dissipating late Sat. Major Hurricane Irma is forecast to enter the eastern Straits of Florida Sat afternoon, then turn northward across the Florida peninsula Sat 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. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, W winds 55 to 65 kt, shifting to S after midnight. Elsewhere, N winds 35 to 45 kt, becoming NE 20 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 10 to 15 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 6 to 9 ft elsewhere. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, E winds 40 to 50 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon,Seas 6 to 9 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon,Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE winds 35 to 45 kt, increasing to 85 to 95 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N winds 95 to 115 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft, building to 9 to 14 ft after midnight. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N winds 50 to 60 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. .SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N winds 40 to 50 kt, becoming NW 30 to 40 kt after midnight. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less.