000
FZNT02 KNHC 010954
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI MAY 01 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAY 01.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAY 02.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAY 03.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH 28N56W TO 17N59W MOVING W. FROM 21N TO 24N WITHIN 
240 NM E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 26N W 
OF TROUGH NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA. SEAS TO 8 FT...HIGHEST E OF BAHAMAS AND STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 26N57W TO 19N61W. FROM 20N TO 25N W OF 
TROUGH NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 21N TO 24N 
WITHIN 180 NM E OF TROUGH E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 27N62W TO 20N64W. WITHIN 300 NM E OF 
TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.ATLC S OF 15N E OF 58W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
NE SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 67W AND 78W AND N OF 19N W OF 
74W INCLUDING WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT WITH E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 75W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 25N E OF 85W E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 25 
KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS TO 9 FT...HIGHEST STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA. N OF 21N W OF 92W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR LITTLE CHANGE. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST STRAITS OF FLORIDA E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. N OF 24N W OF 93W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
ELSEWHERE W OF 90W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.