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FZNT25 KNHC 042151
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
551 PM 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...A RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. OVER THE
NW GULF TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE EASTERN GULF LATE WED THROUGH FRI AS HURRICANE MATTHEW
MOVES N ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND ALONG THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.
A NEW COLD FRONT COULD PUSH INTO THE NW GULF BY THE END OF THE
WEEK...THEN ACROSS THE NE GULF DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. 

.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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE MATTHEW NEAR 19.8N 74.3W 949 MB AT 5 PM
EDT MOVING N AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 120 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 145 KT. THE EYE OF MATTHEW WILL PASS OVER THE EASTERN TIP OF
CUBA TONIGHT AND REACH THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS ON WED...THEN
OVER THE NW BAHAMAS ON THU. MATTHEW WILL MOVE N ALONG THE
FLORIDA COAST ON FRI AND CROSS N OF 30N FRI NIGHT. QUIETER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF MATTHEW. A COLD FRONT
WILL HEAD SE ACROSS THE BASIN DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 55 TO 60 KT...BECOMING N 80 TO 100 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF
27N...NE TO E WINDS 45 TO 50 KT...INCREASING TO 85 TO 95 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 10 FT...BECOMING 3 TO 16 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NW WINDS 80 TO 100 KT S OF
27N...AND NE TO E 80 TO 100 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 23 FT IN E TO
SE SWELL. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 75 TO 95 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 30 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 3 TO 10 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT.