Hurricane Matthew Information September 30 at 3:45 AM EDT: This storm has quickly strengthened to Category 2 levels and will continue to strengthen to a Major Hurricane of at least Category 3 (core winds of at least 111 MPH). The storm is currently located in the central Caribbean and most official multi-agency tracking models are showing an abrupt turn to the north sometime on Saturday, October 01, with movement across southeastern Cuba and into the southern Bahamas by early this coming week. Future tracking models, from most official agencies, are placing this Hurricane some distance off the eastern Florida coast by mid week and then are showing it interacting with much of the US East Coast. While it is still too early to make a more precise forecast, the National Hurricane Center in Miami is also suggesting that all persons in Florida and the US East Coast be monitoring official agency advisories. Any slight movement farther west over the next few days will involve more US coastline.
Please use the link below to the National Hurricane Center for official advisories.
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“These are not official advisories. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here.”
Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama
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