000
FZNT02 KNHC 241613
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI APR 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT APR 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT 31N60W TO 20N73W.  S OF 28N W OF FRONT  
NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT E OF BAHAMAS.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH 31N54W TO 27N58W TO 18N65W.   
S OF 27N W OF TROUGH  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 FT 
EXCEPT TO 11 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH 31N52W TO 24N57W.  S OF 27N 
W OF 63W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT EXCEPT TO 11 
FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.

.ATLC N OF 26N E OF 46W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT IN NE 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF 55W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 
FT IN NE SWELL.  FROM 18N TO 22N BETWEEN 45W AND 55W  NE WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 28N E OF 50W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 
12 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NE.  ELSEWHERE N OF 28N E OF 
53W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N E OF 60W  E WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 28N E OF 45W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 
FT IN NE SWELL.   

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 17N W OF 70W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS TO 10 FT EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE 
E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT MAINLY W OF 70W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO FROM 20N TO 28N  E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT BUILD TO 12 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  E TO SE WIND 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT N OF 25N W 
OF 90W.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 27N  E TO SE WIND 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT 
W OF 90W.  SEAS 9 FT EXCEPT TO 11 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.