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FZNT25 KNHC 061544
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1144 AM EDT THU OCT 6 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...AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
E GULF NOW THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS HURRICANE MATTHEW MOVES N ACROSS
THE NW BAHAMAS AND THEN ALONG THE E COAST OF FLORIDA. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT E OF THE OFFSHORE ZONES ALONG
PORTIONS OF FL W COAST. A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE OVER THE NW
GULF ON SAT...THEN REACH THE SE GULF LATE SUN. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF FL COAST...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE. N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.FRI...WITHIN 60 NM OF FL COAST...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE. NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF FL COAST...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE. NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE MATTHEW NEAR 25.1N 77.8W 940 MB AT 11 AM
EDT MOVING NW AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 120 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 145 KT. HURRICANE MATTHEW IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO NEAR
26.4N 79.0W THIS EVENING...TO NEAR 28.3N 80.4W FRI AM. MATTHEW
WILL THEN CONTINUE N ALONG THE E COAST OF FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY
FRI NIGHT. T.S. NICOLE WILL AFFECT THE NE ZONES THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE ACROSS THE BASIN LATE THIS
UPCOMING WEEKEND.

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS. NW WINDS 95 TO 115 KT S
OF 27N...AND E 85 TO 95 KT N OF 27N. WITHIN 30 NM OF FL COAST
SEAS 5 TO 12 FT...AND 10 TO 26 FT ELSEWHERE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...SW TO W
WINDS 95 TO 115 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 50 TO 55 KT...BECOMING E
TO SE 95 TO 115 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 26N WITHIN 30 NM OF FL
COAST SEAS 10 TO 20 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 26N SEAS 14 TO 38 FT. S OF
26N WITHIN 60 NM OF FL COAST SEAS 8 TO 18 FT...AND 7 TO 12 FT
ELSEWHERE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS
40 TO 45 KT...BECOMING SW 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO
16 FT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 100 TO 120 KT. SEAS 12 TO 38 FT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...SW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 12 FT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 90
TO 110 KT... DIMINISHING TO 45 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO
28 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW TO W WINDS 15 TO
20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 30 TO 40 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N SEAS 5 TO
10 FT. N OF 27N SEAS 8 TO 16 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.