000
FZNT02 KNHC 201618
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI MAR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT MAR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 29N E OF 45W  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 16 FT 
IN NW SWELL.  N OF 29N FROM 45W TO 52W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 18 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM 29N35W TO 
22N50W TO 22N72W TO 31N72W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 17 FT IN 
N SWELL...HIGHEST N PART.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW.  E OF 70W AND N OF 
LINE FROM 25N35W TO 15N50W TO 15N61W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
12 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW.  SE OF LINE FROM 
31N55W TO PUERTO RICO  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN N 
SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 13N  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF LINE FROM 15N35W TO 18N50W TO 15N61W 
NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 20N E OF 55W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.
SEAS 10 FT IN N SWELL.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N78W TO 30N81W AND LOW PRES 1012 MB AT 27N73W.
NW OF FRONT  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE NW 
QUADRANT OF LOW PRES  NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N65W TO 20N72W AND LOW PRES 1012 
MB AT 31N63W.  W OF FRONT N OF 26N  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 13 FT.  N OF 26N FROM 60W TO 65W  S WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 
10 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N57W TO 18N67W.  NW OF FRONT  NE 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT E OF BAHAMAS.  N OF 29N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN NE SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 75W  E WIND 20 KT... 
EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 73W AND 79W  NE WIND 
20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 36 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 27N E OF 90W  E WIND 20 
TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  E OF 88W E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.