000
FZNT02 KNHC 262154
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU FEB 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI FEB 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT FEB 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N49W TO 25N65W TO WINDWARD 
PASSAGE. S OF 30N W OF FRONT TO 75W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT. S OF 26N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. N OF 30N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N47W TO 
28N55W TO 26N65W SW TO 20N72W. N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 65W NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 27N BETWEEN 65W AND 
70W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT 31N44W TO 28N55W
TO 28N65W. N OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. 

.ATLC S OF 19N E OF 57W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN
N SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 31N37W TO 25N52W TO 19N65W
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW AND N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN N SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 14N. ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE
FROM 31N37W TO 24N50W TO 19N65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN SUBSIDING N SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 25N35W
TO 19N50W TO 16N60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN N OF 16N W OF 82W...AND ALSO NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF
COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE E OF 75W...AND ALSO S OF 15N BETWEEN 70W AND
75W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N W OF 72W NE TO W WINDS TO 20 KT...
EXCEPT NE 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT
...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE 20 TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 23N W OF 94W...AND ALSO N OF 21N BETWEEN
86W AND 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT...EXCEPT TO
8 FT N OF 27N W OF 93W. S OF 26N E OF 86W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N89W TO 25N98W. NW OF FRONT
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 28N E OF FRONT SW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.