000
FZNT02 KNHC 261546
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU FEB 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU FEB 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI FEB 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT FEB 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT 31N49W TO 25N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE. 
WITHIN 360 NM W OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
...EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 FT W OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT AND 
SE OF LINE FROM 31N64W TO 25N79W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 31N48W TO 26N64W TO 20N72W. N 
OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 70W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT. S OF 27N WITHIN 360 NM W OF FRONT NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT NE OF BAHAMAS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT 31N42W TO 28N65W 
TO 24N72W. N OF FRONT E OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. 

.ATLC S OF 21N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 31N37W TO 27N60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW AND N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 30N35W TO 22N65W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 25N35W TO 
18N60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN N AND NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN N OF 17N BETWEEN 78W AND 85W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 74W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 17N BETWEEN 78W AND 83W NE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. FROM 10N TO 15N W OF 72W NE TO E WINDS 
TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS TO 9 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 81W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 
TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 26N E OF 87W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. NW OF LINE FROM 30N85W TO 23N98W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N W OF 94W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT. ELSEWHERE SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 21N TO 25N BETWEEN 88W AND 92W SE TO S 
WINDS TO 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 CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.