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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1138 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...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF
LATE WED THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVES N ACROSS
THE BAHAMAS AND ALONG THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. A COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH INTO THE NW GULF SAT NIGHT...THEN TO THE SE GULF BY
SUN NIGHT. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 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 20.4N 74.4W 950 MB AT 11 PM
EDT MOVING N AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 140 KT. THE EYE OF MATTHEW WILL 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...

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...NE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF
27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 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. S OF 27N...N TO NE
WINDS 55 TO 60 KT...BECOMING N 75 TO 95 KT LATE...SEAS 3 TO
6 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 10 FT LATE. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS
50 TO 55 KT...INCREASING TO 85 TO 95 KT LATE...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 EXPECTED. NE WINDS 75 TO 95 KT. 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. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 75 TO 95 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 23 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 33 FT N OF 27N. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.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.