000
FZNT02 KNHC 220901
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN MAR 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT THROUGH 31N60W TO 19N69W. W OF FRONT NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT WITH NE SWELL. N OF 29N WITHIN 360 
NM E OF FRONT S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT THROUGH 31N57W TO 25N58W TO 19N69W. 
W OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT WITH NE SWELL 
EXCEPT SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT IN LEE OF BAHAMAS. N OF 25N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF FRONT S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT WITH NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING FRONT THROUGH 31N50W TO 24N55W TO 
PUERTO RICO. S OF 26N W OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT NE OF BAHAMAS AND TO 8 FT SW OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE W OF 
FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. N OF 
28N WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT WITH N 
SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 17N E OF 50W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT WITH N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20N E OF 50W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 50W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT.

.ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE. E OF 62W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE. S OF 20N E OF 57W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 79W NE WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT TO 
25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 19N E OF 
84W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 70W TO 82W NE WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT 
NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AND N OF 17N. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT S OF 
25N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.