000
FZNT02 KNHC 180942
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT APR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON APR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N53W TO 24N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE. N OF 28N 
WITHIN 540 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.  
N OF 25N W OF FRONT TO 78W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N51W TO 22N62W. N OF 29N WITHIN 
360 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. S OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 72W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N48W TO 24N59W. WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC S OF 17N E OF 52W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N W OF 76W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 18N W OF 84W E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 16N E OF 80W  
NE TO E WIND TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN WINDWARD PASSAGE N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 21N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
OVER W WATERS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST E OF 92W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N87W TO 23N98W. W OF FRONT NW TO 
N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 28N E OF FRONT S TO 
SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.