000
FZNT02 KNHC 231548
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU APR 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC THU APR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI APR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT APR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N64W TO 24N65W THEN STATIONARY TO 20N73W. 
S OF 25N W OF FRONT  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N60W TO 24N65W.  S OF 25N W OF 
72W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH 31N55W TO 22N65W.  S OF 25N
W OF 72W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 31N35W TO 25N53W.  N OF TROUGH  NE WIND 20 TO 
30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SEAS 13 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH FROM 28N35W TO 25N48W.  N OF TROUGH 
NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 13 FT IN NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N 
OF 20N E OF 53W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH E OF AREA.  N OF 18N E OF 53W  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 18N W OF 40W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN E 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N FROM 40W TO 55W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT.  S OF 18N W OF 55W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT 
IN NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 80W  NE TO E WIND 25 
TO 30 KT.  SEAS 11 FT.  ELSEWHERE E OF 83W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W  NE TO E 
WIND 25 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 13 FT.  N OF 18N INCLUDING WINDWARD 
PASSAGE  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE NE 
TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 25N W OF 95W  S WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.  S OF 25N  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 27N  E WIND 20 INCREASING TO 25 KT.  
SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FT HIGHEST NEAR STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 27N  E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 11 
FT...HIGHEST STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.