WTNT34 KNHC 092040 RRA TCPAT4 BULLETIN POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE MATTHEW ADVISORY NUMBER 47 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142016 500 PM EDT SUN OCT 09 2016 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BUT WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED OVERNIGHT... ...THIS IS THE LAST NHC ADVISORY... SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...35.4N 72.0W ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM E OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 75 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB...29.18 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: NONE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.4 NORTH, LONGITUDE 72.0 WEST. THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH (24 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH (120 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST TONIGHT, AND THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE ABSORBED WITHIN A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON MONDAY. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES (150 KM), PRIMARILY TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THE CENTER, AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 240 MILES (390 KM). THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON DATA FROM A NASA GLOBAL HAWK AIRCRAFT IS 988 MB (29.18 INCHES).=