000
FZNT02 KNHC 142228
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SAT FEB 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT FEB 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN FEB 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON FEB 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N47W TO 24N60W THEN STATIONARY TO 25N73W.  N 
OF 27N WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO 
18 FT.  NW OF FRONT TO 60W  NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 18 FT IN 
NW SWELL...HIGHEST N.  ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT TO 70 W  WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N E 
OF FRONT  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.    
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT DISSIPATING 31N38W TO 25N54W.  N 
OF 21N E OF 70W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST NE.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT DISSIPATED.  N OF 21N E OF 50W  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.   

.ATLC 18 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N68W TO 29N81W N OF 27N 
FROM 75W TO 69W  SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N74W TO 26N80W.  N OF 26N WITHIN 
480 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRES 1005 MB AT 31N70W 
WITH COLD FRONT TO 25N80W  N OF 25N  WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUST 
TO GALE FORCE.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST NE.  

.ATLC S OF 18N  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN 
NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 22N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT 
IN NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 79W  NE TO E WIND 20 
TO 25 KT.  SEAS 11 FT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E OF 82W  E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO 36 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 29N83W TO 25N90W.  
N OF FRONT  N TO NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 26N82W TO 24N95W TO 22N98W.
N OF FRONT N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.

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

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FORECASTER STRIPLING