000
FZNT02 KNHC 251022
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT APR 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON APR 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT 31N56W TO 27N65W THEN BECOMING DIFFUSE 
THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO NW COAST OF CUBA. WITHIN 240 NM 
NW AND 120 NM SE OF FRONT BETWEEN 62W AND 81W...NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT. E OF BAHAMAS...SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT. W OF BAHAMAS TO 81W...SEAS TO 9 FT...EXCEPT SEAS 10 TO 13 
FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ELSEWHERE S OF FRONT E OF 62W...E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N53W TO 23N62W. S OF 27N 
BETWEEN 63W AND 81W...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
EXCEPT TO 13 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. N OF 27N...WITHIN 240 
NM NW OF FRONTAL TROUGH NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST DIFFUSE FRONTAL TROUGH 31N49W TO 22N65W. S OF 
27N W OF 60W...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT E OF 
THE BAHAMAS. SEAS TO 12 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 

.ATLC N OF 25N E OF 46W...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT 
IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 19N E OF 50W...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 19N BETWEEN E OF 60W...NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 20N TO 28N E OF 45W AND S OF 20N E OF 
58W...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST 
SEAS N OF 23N. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N51W TO 17N62W...WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST SE OF LINE 25N35W TO 18N63W...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS E OF 40W. ELSEWHERE 
SE OF LINE 31N35W TO 18N63W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN WATERS FROM 10N TO 17N W OF 68W...AND ALL PASSAGES N 
OF 17N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST 
OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT... HIGHEST COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
ELSEWHERE...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT MAINLY W OF 70W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF LINE FROM GALVESTON TO 27N87W TO SANIBEL 
ISLANDS...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT TO 
15 FT OFF NW COAST OF CUBA.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 29N...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT...EXCEPT TO 13 FT OFF NW COAST OF CUBA.  
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.