000
FZNT02 KNHC 221003
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC SAT AUG 22 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS
AMENDED FOR ATLC FORECAST

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 AUG 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN AUG 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON AUG 24.

.WARNINGS.
.HURRICANE BILL AT 33.0N 68.5W 960 MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 22 MOVING 
NNW OR 345 DEG AT 19 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 90 GUSTS 110 
KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 200 NM SE QUADRANT AND 135 
NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 420 NM E SEMICIRCLE 
...500 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 34 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE BILL NEAR 40.1N 67.2W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 90 GUSTS 110 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND 
WITHIN 215 NM SE QUADRANT AND 130 NM SW QUADRANT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM BILL INLAND NEAR 48.0N 55.6W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 60 GUSTS 75 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS WITHIN 270 NM S SEMICIRCLE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS ON HURRICANE BILL...ELSEWHERE 
OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 270 NM W AND 360 NM E SEMICIRCLES 
WIND TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 26N FROM 60W TO 
72W  WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 30N W OF 70W  S TO SW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 
9 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC FROM 12N TO 21N BETWEEN 53W AND 64W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 25N BETWEEN 47W AND 53W 
NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 16N TO 26N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W  E TO SE 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT IN E SWELL.  FROM FROM 18N TO 26N 
FROM 45W TO 50W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 7 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 17N TO 27N E OF 67W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 06 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST OF COLOMBIA 
BETWEEN 71W AND 75W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 75W AND 78W  NE TO E 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  E OF 75W E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 12N TO 17N BETWEEN 75W AND 78W  NE TO E 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.  BETWEEN 69W AND 75W  E WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 11 FT.  FROM 65W TO 69W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN E SWELL.

.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.