Hurricane Matthew Weakens To A Category 4

Sat, Oct 1st 2016, 08:22 AM

NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE MATTHEW ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM SATURDAY 01ST OCTOBER 2015.

… MATTHEW WEAKENS SLIGHTLY AND IS NOW A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE …

AT 5:00AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 72.8° WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES SOUTH OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI OR 420 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.

MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 7 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST LATER TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF MATTHEW WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA THIS MORNING, MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA TODAY, AND BE APPROACHING JAMAICA LATE SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  MATTHEW IS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND, BUT MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A POWERFUL HURRICANE THROUGH SUNDAY.

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