000
FZNT02 KNHC 101605
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI 
1630 UTC SAT JAN 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT JAN 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON JAN 12.

.WARNINGS.
...GULF OF MEXICO GALE WARNING...
.30 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 30N85W TO 25N92W TO 19N95W.  
S OF 25N W OF FRONT  N WIND TO 35 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 25N81W TO 21N87W. 
S OF 23N W OF 95W  N WIND 30 TO 40 KT.  SEAS 15 FT. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N50W TO 24N62W THEN STATIONARY TO 21N75W.
N OF 29N E OF FRONT TO 45W  SW WIND 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT.  N OF 
29N W OF FRONT TO 62W W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN 
NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM W OF FRONT  NW WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N46W TO 22N60W.  N OF 28N E OF 
FRONT TO 40W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 70W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 14 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT DISSIPATED.  N OF 22N E OF 65W  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  

.ATLC FROM 15N TO 20N E OF 50W  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 22N E OF 60W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 10N TO 20N E OF 40W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 
25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 26N E OF 55W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 10N TO 18N BETWEEN 48W AND 65W  NE TO E 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE 48W  WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT IN N AND E SWELL. 

.18 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 28N W OF 70W  S TO SW WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.    
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N75W TO 27N80W.  W OF FRONT W TO 
NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 FT.  N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 70W  SW 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 18N E OF 80W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT 
EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  N OF 
18N W OF 80W  E WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 18N E OF 80W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 
25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 13 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO W OF 90W SE TO S WIND 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 30N94W TO 27N97W.  W OF FRONT 
NW TO N WIND 25 TO 30 KT.  SEAS BUILD TO 9 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF 
90W  SE TO S WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 30N85W TO 25N93W TO 19N97W.
W OF FRONT N WIND 25 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS SECTION...W OF 
FRONT  N WIND 25 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...W OF 90W NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT NE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES