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FZNT02 KNHC 082118
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED APR 08 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED APR 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 10.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N62W TO 20N74W. N OF 27N W OF FRONT W TO NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
FRONT TO 77W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN 
NW SWELL. N OF 28N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N60W TO 20N71W. WITHIN 240 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW 
SWELL. N OF 28N W OF 70W SW TO W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 78W S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THEN 8 FT.  

.ATLC S OF 13N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

.CARIBBEAN FRONTAL TROUGH 20N74W TO 13N84W. W OF TROUGH TO 85W N 
TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DIFFUSE. W OF 83W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 09N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 65W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT NEAR 12N76W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 18N E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT NEAR 12N76W.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 23N W OF 94W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST W OF 90W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
NEAR 27N96W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 88W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT NW 
WATERS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 30N94W TO 27N98W. N OF 22N E 
OF FRONT TO 85W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.