000
FZNT02 KNHC 151603
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SUN MAR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE MAR 17.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 22N E OF 48W  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 17 FT 
IN N SWELL.  FROM 16N TO 24N W OF 48W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N55W TO 24N70W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 27N E OF 38W  N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 15 FT 
IN N SWELL.  FROM 16N TO 24N W OF 55W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 
10 FT IN NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N47W TO 24N55W  WIND  
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 12 FT N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 31N48W TO 29N56W.  WITHIN 300 
NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT.  ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 
FROM 31N45W TO 18N63W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE 
SWELL.

.ATLC 48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N70W TO 26N80W.  N OF 27N  
WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT  SW TO W WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN E 
SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN FROM S OF 14N FROM 70W TO 80W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.