000
FZNT02 KNHC 231512
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI JAN 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI JAN 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT JAN 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT 31N56W TO EASTERN REPUBLICA DOMINICANA. 
WITHIN 180 NM W OF FRONT NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 31N56W TO EASTERN REPUBLICA 
DOMINICANA. N OF 27N WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 31N54W TO EASTERN REPUBLICA 
DOMINICANA. N OF 30N WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.ATLC S OF LINE FROM 25N35W TO 25N50W TO 17N62W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITH E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST E OF 55W S OF LINE FROM 25N35W TO 20N55W NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITH E SWELL. 

.ATLC ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 50W AND 72W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE E OF LINE FROM 31N60W TO EASTERN 
BAHAMAS WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND E 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE E OF LINE FROM 31N55W PUERTO RICO 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND E SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 20N W OF 73W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N BETWEEN 72W AND 
84W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 12N E OF 63W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT ATLC 
PASSAGES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 25N W OF 94W S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N92W TO 26N97W. N OF FRONT N TO 
NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.42 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 29N83W TO 25N97W. WINDS LESS 
THAN 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 LL