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FZNT25 KNHC 032114
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
514 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2016

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A PAIR OF TROUGHS OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF
WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. A RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE EASTERN U.S. INTO THE NW GULF TUE NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED.
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WED THROUGH
FRI AS HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS AND OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. A NEW COLD FRONT MAY
PUSH INTO THE NW GULF BY THE END OF THE WEEK...MOVING ACROSS THE
GULF DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. 

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...
BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING
TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE MATTHEW NEAR 16.3N 74.7W 940 MB AT 5 PM
EDT MOVING N AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 120 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 145 KT. HURRICANE MATTHEW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS BY LATE TUE NIGHT AT 22.8N 75.5W AND MOVING N
OR NNW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NW BAHAMAS ON WED THROUGH THU.
MATTHEW WILL CROSS N OF 30N BY LATE FRI NIGHT. MUCH MORE
TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF MATTHEW...WITH A
COLD FRONT MOVE SE ACROSS THE BASIN DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 40 TO 45 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 35
TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 10 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
S OF 27N...N WINDS 75 TO 95 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 60 TO 70 KT...
INCREASING TO 85 TO 95 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 18 FT IN NE
TO E SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.THU NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.