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This 1 kilometer visible imagery from the GOES East satellite shows Hurricane Matthew off the Florida-Georgia coast at 17:25 UTC on October 7, 2016.

According to the most recent advisory from the National Hurricane Center (2:00 pm EDT), Matthew is located about 40 miles east-southeast of St. Augustine, Florida and is moving toward the north-northwest near 13 miles per hour. This general motion is expected to continue throughout the day with a turn toward the north expected tonight or Saturday (10/8). Forecasters expect the center of the storm to be near or over the coast of northeast Florida/southeast Georgia tonight, and near or over the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.

Matthew is a category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph and higher gusts. Although weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, Matthew is expected to remain a hurricane until it begins to move away from the United States on Sunday.

This imagery comes to us courtesy of our partners at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA). To see more imagery, visit goo.gl/ZnpVag

For the latest forecast and track information on Hurricane Matthew, stay tuned to the National Hurricane Center website at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#MATTHEW

Posted by NOAA Satellite and Information Service on 7. október 2016