000
FZNT02 KNHC 050337
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE AUG 05 2008

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE

ATLANTIC BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC TUE AUG 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED AUG 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU AUG 07.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD NEAR 28.7N 92.2W 999 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG
05 MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT
GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N
SEMICIRCLE AND 45 NM S SEMICIRCLE.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN
60 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO XX FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INLAND NEAR 30.0N
95.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 60 NM SE QUADRANT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 12 FT OVER FORECAST WATERS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW EDOUARD INLAND NEAR 32.0N 99.9W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 12 FT 
OVER FORECAST WATERS.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 63W WITH ASSOCIATED LOW NEAR 22N63W 
1014 MB MOVING W 20 KT. WITHIN 240 NM N SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 16N TO 25N E OF WAVE NE TO 
E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH ALONG 70W S OF 26N WITH ASSOCIATED LOW 
NEAR 24N65W 1014 MB. WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH ALONG 74W S OF 26W. E OF TROUGH TO 67W 
E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 12N TO 22N BETWEEN 
55W AND 61W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 68W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 66W AND 83W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE S OF 19N ALONG 72W. W OF AXIS TO
80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
WITHIN 300 NM E OF WAVE E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 27N W OF 88W
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N BETWEEN 88W
AND 92W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS SECTION...N OF 
27N W OF 94W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.