000
FZNT02 KNHC 160937
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC MON MAR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON MAR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 24N E OF 40W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 13 TO 16 FT IN 
N SWELL. S OF 22N W OF 40W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 31N50W TO 21N75W TO WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N AND NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 22N W OF 45W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N35W TO 18N68W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT N AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NE 
SWELL. S OF 24N35W TO 15N61W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN 
N AND NE SWELL. 

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N78W TO 30N81W. N OF 29N W 
OF 75W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N64W TO 24N80W. N OF FRONT N TO 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT N OF FRONT E OF 70W. N OF 28N E OF 
FRONT TO 60W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT N OF AREA. N OF 29N BETWEEN 
45W AND 60W SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N36W TO 29N45W. N OF 29N E OF 
FRONT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL. N OF FRONT WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE S 
OF 17N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE WIND 20 TO 25 
KT...HIGHEST COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 FT.

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

$$

.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.