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FZNT02 KNHC 200950
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC MON APR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON APR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE APR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED APR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC LOW PRES 1016 MB NEAR 28N55W MOVING NE 15 KT. WITHIN 180 
NM E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 24N 
BETWEEN 65W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N46W TO 26N50W. N OF 28N WITHIN 
180 NM W OF FRONT N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N38W TO 26N48W. NW OF FRONT TO 
55W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.

.ATLC S OF 18N E OF 50W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT. FROM 14N TO 20N E OF 40W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 17N W OF 45W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN NE SWELL.

.ATLC N OF 28N W OF 77W S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 71W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N73W TO 23N81W. N OF 27N WITHIN 
420 NM E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.  

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 68W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 79W INCLUDING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 17N E 
OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT 30N87W TO 25N92W TO 22N98W. NW OF 
FRONT NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 27N83W TO 21N87W. S OF 21N W OF 94W 
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM 
W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MAINLY E OF AREA. WINDS LESS THAN 
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.