000
FZNT02 KNHC 020951
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT MAY 02 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAY 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAY 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAY 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH 26N55W TO 15N60W DRIFTING W. FROM 22N TO 27N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE 
FROM 18N TO 24N W OF TROUGH TO 72W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 27N60W TO 17N61W. FROM 22N TO 27N 
WITHIN 300 NM E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
FROM 21N TO 27N W OF TROUGH TO 68W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 28N66W TO 20N67W. FROM 22N TO 27N E OF 
TROUGH TO 55W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.ATLC S OF 16N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 16N BETWEEN 69W AND 73W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE 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 NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 68W AND 78W AND THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT WITH NE 
SWELL. S OF 18N W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 25N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. STRAITS OF FLORIDA E WINDS 2O KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST STRAITS OF FLORIDA E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. N OF 21N W OF 92W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST STRAITS OF FLORIDA E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. FROM 20N TO 25N W OF 88W 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.

$$
.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.