Tropical Depression MATTHEW Home Public Advisory Forecast/Advisory Maps/Charts Archive 000 WTNT34 KNHC 101425 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004 ...MATTHEW WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST IS DISCONTINUED. INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA TODAY AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF MATTHEW. REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...29.9 N... 90.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT34 KWNH...BEGINNING AT 4 PM CDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$
Tropical storm Humberto suddenly gained strength last night and became a hurricane just off the Texas coast.
 
At 12:15 a.m. CDT a hurricane warning was issued for the Gulf coast from High Island, Texas, to Cameron, Louisiana.  The center of the hurricane was at 29.4N 94.4W, moving toward the north-northeast at seven knots.  The diameter of the eye was ten nautical miles, with maximum sustained winds predicted to be 70 knots with gusts to 85 knots.  Twelve foot seas were expected.

By 10:00 a.m. CDT it had weakened back to a tropical storm.