000
FZNT02 KNHC 020317
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI 
0430 UTC FRI JAN 02 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI JAN 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT JAN 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN JAN 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N56W TO 23N72W THEN STATIONARY TO 23N79W. N 
OF FRONT E OF 68W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 21 FT IN 
NW SWELL. N OF FRONT W OF 68W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 26N E OF FRONT TO 48W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 17N E OF 60W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST 
SEAS N OF 27N E OF 45W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 31N45W TO 23N53W. N OF 29N WITHIN 
360 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW 
SWELL. W OF FRONT TO 68W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 21 FT 
IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 17N E OF 76W AND NE OF BAHAMAS WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DIFFUSE. N OF 30N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W SW 
TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 25N E OF 55W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N 
OF 17N E OF 70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
 
.ATLC S OF 17N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN 
N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
13 FT IN MIXED N AND E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN 72W 
AND 82W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 79W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 17N E OF 82W 
NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED E AND N SWELL 
THROUGH ATLC PASSAGES.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 28N E OF 85W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N W OF 95W S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 90W S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.

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

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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI