MIAMI – Officials in Florida have declared a state of emergency as the track seems to edge westerly with each new update.

Dr. Jeff Masters of wunderground.com said while a Florida landfall is not likely, it is still a possibility.

“Keep in mind that the diameter of NHC’s cone of uncertainty two days into the future is about 100 miles; the cone is about 130 miles across three days into the future,” Masters wrote in his weather blog. “On average, about two-thirds of all hurricanes stay within the cone, but some hurricanes are tougher to predict than others, and Matthew certainly falls into that category.

“Thus, it would not be a surprise to see Matthew make landfall in Florida.”

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say dangerous category 4 Hurricane Matthew continues to have sustained winds of 145 mph even during landfall on Haiti. A turn toward the north-northwest is expected by Wednesday, followed by a northwest turn Wednesday night. On the forecast track, the eye of Matthew will move near eastern Cuba later today, and move near or over portions of the southeastern and central Bahamas tonight and Wednesday, and approach the northwestern Bahamas Wednesday night.

At 7 a.m. the eye of Hurricane Matthew was located inland Haiti near latitude 18.4 North, longitude 74.2 West. Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais in western Haiti at 6 a.m.

The hurricane is moving toward the north near 9 mph.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 145 mph with higher gusts. Matthew is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next couple of days, but Matthew is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through at least Wednesday night.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 miles.

The estimated minimum central barometric pressure is 934 milibars or 27.58 inches.