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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1153 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 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...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF
LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVES NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND OFF OR NEAR 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.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N TO NE WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE MATTHEW NEAR 18.9N 74.3W 950 MB AT 11 AM
EDT MOVING N AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 125 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 150 KT. THE CENTER OF MATTHEW WILL THROUGH WINDWARD PASSAGE
OR EASTERNMOST CUBA TONIGHT AND REACH SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS ON
WEDNESDAY. THEN MOVING OVER THE NW BAHAMAS ON THURSDAY.
THEREAFTER. MATTHEW WILL CROSS N OF 30N BY LATE FRIDAY. MUCH
MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF
MATTHEW...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE BASIN
DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.  

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF
27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 35 TO 40 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N TO NE WINDS 75 TO
90 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 80 TO 95 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 10 FT LATE. N OF 27N...SEAS
5 TO 12 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 20 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W TO NW WINDS 75 TO 95 KT S
OF 27N...AND NE TO E 85 TO 95 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO
14 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 21 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SEAS
9 TO 24 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.