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FZNT02 KNHC 251609
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT APR 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N55W TO 27N60W THEN STATIONARY T0 
26N70W.  N OF 27N WITHIN 240 NM W OF FRONT AND S OF 27N W OF 65W 
NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
SEAS TO 11 FT...TO 15 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT BECOME DIFFUSE.  S OF 27N W OF 63W
NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 
SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT TO 15 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 27N W OF 70W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.
SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 14 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. 

.ATLC N OF 25N E OF 46W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN NE 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 19N E OF 50W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 
11 FT IN NE SWELL.  S OF 19N E OF 60W  NE WIND 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 WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST 
SEAS N OF 23N.  ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N51W TO 17N62W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  SE OF LINE 25N35W TO 18N63W  NE WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 11 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS E OF 40W.  ELSEWHERE SE OF 
LINE 31N35W TO 18N63W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE 
SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN WATERS N OF 10N W OF 68W...INCLUDING ATLC PASSAGES... 
NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF 
COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 13 FT...HIGHEST COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 10N E OF 68W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 27N  E TO SE WIND 20 KT EXCEPT 25 KT E OF 
85W AND 30 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  SEAS TO 12 FT...AND TO 15 
FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 27N E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT...
AND TO 14 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT... 
AND TO 15 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.