Hurricane Matthew – Day 8
Position: 23.4N 76.4W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [320°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 115 mph [195 kph].
Wind Gusts: 155 mph [250 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 961 mb ↓.
Currently about 125 miles [ 205 km] South-Southeast of Nassau.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Southeastern Bahamas, including the Inaguas, Mayaguana, Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, and Ragged Island, the Central Bahamas, including Long Island, Exuma, Rum Cay, San Salvador, Cat Island, and the Northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos, Andros Island, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island, and New Providence, and in Florida: North of Golden Beach to Fernandina Beach including Lake Okeechobee.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect from Fernandina Beach, Florida to Edisto Beach, South Carolina.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Florida: Chokoloskee to Golden Beach, Florida Keys from Seven Mile Bridge eastward, and Florida Bay.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Florida Gulf Coast North of Chokoloskee to Suwannee River.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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Ah, that brisk breeze that is Florida weather in the autumn….
Same old, same old – two hurricanes to stir things up.