000
FZNT02 KNHC 131620
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI FEB 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT FEB 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN FEB 15.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N62W TO 27N80W.  N OF 28N WITHIN 480 NM E OF 
FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 11 FT.  W OF FRONT TO 73W
NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N49W TO 22N60W.  N OF 27N WITHIN 
480 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 17 FT.  W OF FRONT 
TO 60W  NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 20 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE 
N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 73W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 31N38W TO 24N55W.  N 
OF FRONT  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN NW SWELL.  E OF 
FRONT  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.ATLC 42 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 29N W OF 73W  S TO SW WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 25N FROM 6W TO 73W  WIND LESS THAN 20 
KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST  NEW COLD FRONT 31N71W TO 27N80W.  N OF 27N E 
OF FRONT TO 63W  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE E OF FRONT TO 55W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 13 
FT IN NW SWELL. 

.ATLC S OF 18N  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 
FT.  

.CARIBBEAN S OF 17N FROM 70W TO 79W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT 
EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS 13 FT.  ELSEWHERE 
S OF 17N E OF 82W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 17N FROM 75W TO 79W  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 13 FT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 18N FROM 70W TO 81W  E WIND 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