000
FZNT02 KNHC 150946
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN MAR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN MAR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAR 17.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 23N E OF 48W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 
FT IN N SWELL. FROM 16N TO 25N W OF 45W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 10N TO 20N W OF 50W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N55W TO 
23N75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N E OF 40W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 
TO 15 FT IN N SWELL. FROM 12N TO 23N W OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N50W TO 22N75W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SE OF LINE 31N38W TO 19N65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY N SWELL.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 77W S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N76W TO 29N80W. NW OF FRONT NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 29N E OF FRONT 
TO 50W SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT 
ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 FT IN E SWELL FROM 10N TO 17N 
BETWEEN 70W AND 78W...AND TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL NEAR MONA AND 
ANEGADA PASSAGES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN 65W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT 29N90W TO 19N96W. W OF FRONT S OF 25N 
N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT 30N87W TO 19N95W. 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. S OF 22N BETWEEN 90W AND 92W 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.