000
FZNT02 KNHC 261620
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SUN APR 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN APR 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE APR 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N53W TO 23N65W THEN DISSIPATING 
FRONT TO 23N73W AND SE BAHAMAS.  S OF 27N  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT EXCEPT TO 14 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 360 NM OF FRONT W OF 56W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH 31N47W TO 22N48W. 
S OF 28N W OF 65W  E WIND 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT IN STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA.  SEAS TO 10 FT EXCEPT TO 13 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATED.  S OF 27N W OF 65W 
NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT. 

.ATLC S OF 25N E OF 53W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NE 
SWELL.  S OF 18N W OF 53W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  ATLC S OF 22N E OF 65W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 21N W OF 70W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT  
EXCEPT TO 30 KT WINDWARD PASSAGE AND ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
SEAS TO 14 FT...HIGHEST ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.  ELSEWHERE N OF 
12N E OF 68W  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 26N E OF 85W...INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
E WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 14 
FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF 85W AND S OF 27N  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE IN WINDS. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 27N E OF 85W  E WIND 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 
KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT TO 10 FT STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA.  
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.