000
FZNT02 KNHC 150859
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED APR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED APR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N78W TO 28N81W. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 70W. S 
TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. W OF FRONT W TO NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N70W TO 25N80W. N OF 29N WITHIN 
420 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N59W TO 20N72W. N OF 28N WITHIN 
420 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 
30N W OF FRONT TO 75W W TO NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.ATLC WEAKENING COLD FRONT 31N44W TO 25N53W. N OF 29N W OF 
FRONT TO 60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.18 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC S OF 15N FROM 45W TO 60W E TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 20W W OF 84W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 85W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 17N E OF 78W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 65W AND 80W E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N W OF 92W E TO SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 91W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.