000
FZNT02 KNHC 170404
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE MAR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 29N BETWEEN 45W AND 60W SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT. FROM 10N TO 20N W OF 50W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 31N38W TO 18N66W TO 20N68W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N35W TO 29N45W. WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. FROM 12N TO 18N W OF 55W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 
26N35W TO 17N55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16N NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
IN N SWELL.

ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N75W TO 28N81W. N OF 29N E OF 
FRONT TO 65W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N68W TO 28N81W. N OF FRONT N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 53W. SW 
TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N54W TO 25N65W TO 25N74W. N OF 
FRONT NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. N OF 26N 
WITHIN 270 NM W OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN N SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 65W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS TO 8 
FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 17N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 78W 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.