3pm Update on Hurrucane Matthew

From the NHC:

3 PM EDT POSITION UPDATE…
A NOAA station at Settlement Point on Grand Bahama recently reported

a sustained wind of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a wind gust of 48 mph

(78 km/h). A National Ocean Service station at Lake Worth Pier,

Florida, recently reported a sustained wind of 40 mph (65 km/h) and

a wind gust of 47 mph (76 km/h).
SUMMARY OF 300 PM EDT…1900 UTC…INFORMATION

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LOCATION…25.8N 78.3W

ABOUT 55 MI…90 KM SSE OF FREEPORT BAHAMAS

ABOUT 130 MI…205 KM ESE OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…140 MPH…220 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 14 MPH…22 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…939 MB…27.73 INCHES

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