000
FZNT02 KNHC 240916
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC TUE MAR 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED MAR 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N50W TO 20N60W. S OF 26N W OF 70W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT IN NE SWELL BUT LESS THAN 8 FT W OF 
BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT AND SE OF A LINE FROM 31N60W TO 
28N81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 31N48W TO 18N56W. S OF 26N W OF 65W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT BUT LESS THAN 8 FT W OF 
BAHAMAS. N OF 27N FROM 55W TO 70W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 18 FT WITH N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS ALONG 31N.

.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 31N46W TO 18N54W. N OF 27N WITHIN 240 NM 
E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S OF 25N W 
OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL BUT LESS 
THAN 8 FT W OF BAHAMAS. N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 66W W TO NW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 15 TO 24 FT WITH N SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT 
TO 76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN N SWELL.

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

.CARIBBEAN S OF 18N BETWEEN 69W AND 79W AND N OF 18N E OF 83W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT AND TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT N OF 15N AND TO 9 FT S OF 15N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 65W TO 79W NE WINDS 20 KT AND TO 25 KT 
NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT N OF 15N AND TO 
9 FT S OF 15N. W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 27N E OF 90W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT EXCEPT 8 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. W OF 90W SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

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.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.