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TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   2A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016

800 PM AST WED SEP 28 2016



...MATTHEW STILL BATTERING MARTINIQUE AND NEARBY ISLANDS...

...FORECAST TO MOVE WESTWARD AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE EASTERN

CARIBBEAN SEA...





SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...13.9N 62.4W

ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM W OF ST. LUCIA

ABOUT 455 MI...735 KM ENE OF CURACAO

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



NONE.



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



A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. BONAIRE, CURACAO, AND ARUBA



A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 36

TO 48 HOURS.



INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST OF VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA SHOULD MONITOR

THE PROGRESS OF MATTHEW.



FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS

ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 800 PM AST (0000 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 62.4 WEST. MATTHEW'S

FORWARD SPEED HAS DECREASED, AND THE STORM IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE

WEST NEAR 15 MPH (24 KM/H). A WESTWARD MOTION WITH SOME ADDITIONAL=