WTNT24 KNHC 281453 RRA

TCMAT4



TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   1

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016

1500 UTC WED SEP 28 2016



CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FRENCH ISLANDS OF

GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE.



THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR

BARBADOS, DOMINICA, AND ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINE ISLANDS.



THE GOVERNMENT OF ST. LUCIA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR

ST. LUCIA.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE

. ST. LUCIA

. DOMINICA, BARBADOS, ST. VINCENT, AND THE GRENADINE ISLANDS



INTERESTS IN BONAIRE...CURACAO...ARUBA...AND ELSEWHERE IN THE

LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MATTHEW.



TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.4N  60.7W AT 28/1500Z

POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM



PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT  18 KT



ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1008 MB

MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.

50 KT.......120NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.

34 KT.......180NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.

12 FT SEAS..180NE  90SE   0SW   0NW.

WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL

MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.



REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.4N  60.7W AT 28/1500Z

AT 28/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 13.2N  59.8W



FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 13.6N  63.2W

MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.

50 KT...100NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.

34 KT...160NE  80SE   0SW  60NW.



FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 13.9N  66.4W

MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.=