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2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Hurricane Matthew
Topic Started: Oct 2 2016, 01:02 AM (517 Views)
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USA Today: Category 4 Hurricane Matthew Roars Through Caribbean

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Matthew, a dangerous Category 4 hurricane, barreled through the Caribbean on Saturday toward Jamaica and Haiti. It could affect the U.S. East Coast next week, anywhere from Florida to Maine, the Weather Underground reported.

Even if the storm does not make a direct hit on Haiti, rains from Matthew are "expected to bring life-threatening rainfall to portions of Haiti," the National Hurricane Center said.

The hurricane also threatens Cuba and the Bahamas on Monday and Tuesday.

As of 8 p.m. ET Saturday, Matthew had maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane was stationary and was located 360 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

"Some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next couple of days, but Matthew is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through Monday," the NHC says.

Matthew is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 15 to 25 inches over southern Haiti, with possible isolated maximum amounts of 40 inches, the hurricane center said.

A hurricane warning has been posted for Jamaica and portions of Haiti. A hurricane watch has been issued for portions of eastern Cuba.

The U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay on Saturday evacuated families and other so-called “non-essential personnel” from the remote outpost in southeast Cuba ahead of Matthew, the Miami Herald reported.

Friday night, when Matthew roared to Category 5 status, it became the strongest Atlantic Ocean Basin hurricane since Felix in 2007, NBC reported.

AccuWeather senior meteorologist Bernie Rayno said if Matthew moves swiftly as it heads north, it has a greater chance of causing significant impact from rain, wind and flooding along much of the Atlantic coast.

"On the other hand, if Matthew's forward speed slows, it could still have significant impact on the Atlantic coast, but in a much smaller area, when compared to a fast-moving hurricane," he said.

The hurricane center's five-day forecast cone — which marks the range of the storm's possible path — includes a portion of southeastern Florida early Wednesday.

In Jamaica, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said government services have been placed on high alert, according to the Jamaica Observer newspaper. Thursday, fishermen on Jamaica’s cays and banks were advised to evacuate immediately and return to the mainland.

Other small-craft operators in the island’s coastal waters were told to return to port, while those in port were advised not to venture out, the newspaper reported.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said the state emergency operations centers were active Friday. He said state officials would continue to monitor Matthew's path and urged residents and tourists to monitor the storm and have their emergency plan in place.

"As Hurricane Matthew moves through the Caribbean this weekend, it’s a very dangerous storm and life threatening," Scott said. "We haven’t seen a storm of this magnitude approach our state in a very long time. While the National Hurricane Center’s forecast continues to show the track of the storm east of our state, it’s too soon to rule out impacts to Florida," he said.

A hurricane is classified as "major" when its sustained winds reach 111 mph. A major hurricane is a Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It's the first major hurricane in September in the Caribbean since Felix in 2007.

Hurricane Matthew is the fifth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season. It's now the only hurricane or typhoon on the planet.
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(Reddit Live) Inside of the outer eyewall is only 12.8 miles away from land now. At this rate it is likely Melbourne will pass into the outer eye.
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(Reddit Live) Now 11 miles until the inside of the outer eye comes ashore
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(The Guardian) The latest Florida Power & Light update puts 213,000 households without power, up from 141,000 at about midnight. Nearly 80,000 of the total are in Palm Beach, and an additional 30,000 are in Martin. That number is expected to rise over the weekend.
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(Reddit Live) T-Mobile users are reporting outages throughout the country, this may not help with recovery issues in the morning if it is not fixed.
-More info: http://outage.report/t-mobile
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(Reddit Live) Melbourne expected to take the first "Brunt" of the storm.
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--Hurricane #Matthew's Accumulated Cyclone Energy is now the most by any Atlantic hurricane in over a decade (Ivan-2004) (Philip Klotzbach, Colorado State University - 7 Oct. 2016)
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(Reddit Live) North Beach may be the first to get the strongest winds - only 3.5 miles out.
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--248 am | Flood Warning for St Lucie, Indian River, and Brevard county til 545 am. 2-3" of rain has fallen w/another 2-3" possible (NWS Melbourne, 7 Oct. 2016)
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(Reddit Live) The INNER eyewall is only 26 miles offshore. Thats as far as the outer one was 3 hours ago.
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(Reddit Live) HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142016 300 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016
...3 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE... ...SUSTAINED HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS OCCURRING JUST OFFSHORE OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST...

--During the past hour, a sustained wind of 49 mph (80 km/h) and a gust of 71 mph (115 km/h) were reported at Vero Beach, Florida, while a sustained wind of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a gust of 63 mph (102 km/h) were reported at Melbourne, Florida.

SUMMARY OF 300 AM EDT...0700 UTC...INFORMATION
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(The Guardian) Here's Where Things Stand At 3am
--“Extremely dangerous” Hurricane Matthew is continuing to move in a north-west direction towards the east coast of Florida at about 15-20 mph.

As at the National Hurricane Center’s 2am EDT update, Hurricane Matthew was a Category 3 storm with winds of 120 mph, and was 45 miles east of Vero Beach and about 80 miles south-east of Cape Canaveral.

Strong winds and heavy rain have already been reported along the Florida coastline, and conditions are expected to deteriorate further as the storm makes landfall later this morning. More than 200,000 people are without power.

Hurricane Michael is forecast to near or over the east coast of the Florida peninsula through Friday night and near or over the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday.

It is expected to weaken over the next 48 hours but forecast to be a “powerful Category 3 hurricane” as it nears the coast of Florida.

Authorities in the Bahamas are yet to assess the extent of the damage caused by Michael as it passed through on Wednesday and Thursday, but many without generators are still without power.

The death toll in Haiti is widely being reported as more than 340 people and aid agencies are prioritising clean water and sanitation to prevent the spread of disease in amidst the widespread devastation.
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(Reddit Live) Outer eyewall on shore
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(Reddit Live) Curfews in place for Orange county, Flagler county, Volusia County and Seminole County
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(BBC News) Fears for Florida's 'Space Coast'
--If Hurricane Matthew makes landfall, Cape Canaveral could be in line for a direct hit, experts have warned.

"Billions of dollars of facilities and equipment are at risk at Kennedy Space Center and nearby bases, which have never before experienced a major hurricane," Jeff Masters of the Weather Underground website earlier wrote.

Reuters reports that some 116 employees are in the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center, braced for a possible landfall.

"We've had some close calls, but as far as I know it's the first time we've had the threat of a direct hit," a NASA spokesman said.

A retired NASA shuttle pad that SpaceX plans to use to launch its Falcon 9 rockets is located very close to the Atlantic Ocean, CBS News reports.
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(Reddit Live) Time: 2016-10-07T06:23:00Z UTC Event: HURRICANE Source: MESONET Remark: WXFLOW SITE XIND MEASURED A 74 MPH /64 KT FROM THE NORTH.
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