I just took a look at the weather buoys and stations around St Augustine and Jacksonville. They are reporting surface winds of 42kts gusting to about 55kts right near the reported eye of the storm on the top left quadrant (where winds are highest). The so called “hurricane” marker from NOAA is showing 120+ Offshore wave heights are only 16’.
It seems clear that NOAA is “exaggerating” the data by a factor of 2x...
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=MYPF1
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SAUF1
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=frdf1
Here is a better look at ALL 500+ weather buoys near “Tropical Storm” Matthew
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?storm=at4
Not one shows hurricane strength winds at the surface. The highest at ~30nm from the center is 55kts.