FMIT Alert Level 1:
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Tropical Storm Matthew Forms Near Windward Islands Producing Heavy Rain & Strong Winds in Parts of the Lesser Antilles. Possibility of Hurricane Formation By This Weekend As it Moves Into The Caribbean. Potential Florida Impact Next Week Currently Uncertain.
4:00pm EST, Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Latest from the National Hurricane Center:
“At 200 PM AST (1800 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Matthew was located near latitude 13.6 North, longitude 61.3 West. Matthew is moving toward the west near 20 mph (31 km/h). A westward motion with some decrease in forward speed is expected during the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the center of Matthew will move away from the Windward Islands through this evening, and be over the eastern and central Caribbean Sea through Friday.”
Latest From FMIT:
FMIT is currently monitoring Tropical Storm Matthew. The Storm is projected to intensify quickly over the next 48 hours into a hurricane. Forecast models generally predict that it will continue to head West for the next 3 days and then beginning to turn towards the North. Current path models predict that it will narrowly pass Florida to the East sometime later next week. We will continue to send updates as the Storm progresses.
Storm Imagery (Courtesy www.nhc.noaa.gov/ and www.myfoxhurricane.com/ )
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FMIT Discussion
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Tropical Storm Matthew has formed near the Windward Islands as of this afternoon with winds currently at 60mph.
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High chance of hurricane formation as early as Friday as it moves into The Caribbean.
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West forward movement speed at 20mph.
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Current path models predict that it will narrowly pass Florida to the East sometime later next week.
FMIT Member Preparedness Actions
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Members should continue to monitor the storm as well as FMIT Alerts and local/national weather forecasts.