000
FZNT02 KNHC 061533
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI FEB 06 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FEB 06.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT FEB 07.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN FEB 08.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N54W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE. N OF 29N 
WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF 
26N W OF FRONT TO 75W NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT 
IN NW SWELL. S OF 22N W OF FRONT TO 70W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 75W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT...EXCEPT NE 20 KT S OF 25N W OF 70W. SEAS TO 8 
FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 11 FT NE OF BAHAMAS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N49W TO 27N55W THEN 
STATIONARY TO 19N70W. S OF 26N W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. N OF 26N W OF FRONT
TO 70W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 29N 
WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N38W TO 24N55W...THEN 
DISSIPATING STATIONARY TO 19N70W. WITHIN 270 NM NW OF FRONT N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT E OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE W 
OF FRONT TO LINE 31N60W TO 26N71W TO 26N80W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. N OF 29N E OF FRONT SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.ATLC S OF 24N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN MIXED NW AND E SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF FRONT DESCRIBED ABOVE
TO 24N...AND N OF 24N E OF 40W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN MIXED NW AND E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM SE OF FRONT 
DESCRIBED ABOVE E OF 55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N E OF 62W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF FRONT DESCRIBED ABOVE WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 68W AND 84W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...LOCALLY 
HIGHER WINDWARD PASSAGE AND S OF HISPANIOLA. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...
EXCEPT 10 TO 14 FT S OF 15N W OF 75W. REMAINDER CARIBBEAN NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N BETWEEN 73W AND 81W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. REMAINDER 
CARIBBEAN NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 26N E OF 85W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT. N OF 22N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N W OF 93W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT 
TO 25 KT W OF 95W. SEAS TO 9 FT. S OF 25N E OF 90W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 28N SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT E TO SE 
E OF 90W. SEAS TO 8 FT MAINLY SE PART.

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

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FORECASTER COBB