000
FZNT02 KNHC 312203
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC MON AUG 31 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC MON AUG 31.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE SEP 01.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED SEP 02.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC LOW NEAR 15N53W 1008 MB MOVING NW 13 KT. WITHIN 300 NM N
SEMICIRCLE OF LOW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. WITHIN
240 NM SE QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. WITHIN
180 NM SW QUADRANT WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 17N57W
1008 MB. WITHIN 330 NM NE QUADRANT OF LOW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS
8 TO 12 FT. WITHIN 240 NM NW QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT. WITHIN 180 NM SE QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT. WITHIN 180 NM SW QUADRANT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 17N TO 25N BETWEEN 50W 
AND 62W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE TO E SWELL
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 19N60W 
1006 MB. WITHIN 300 NM NE QUADRANT OF LOW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. WITHIN 180 NM NW AND 120 NM SE QUADRANTS WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. WITHIN 120 NM SW QUADRANT WINDS LESS
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 28N71W TO 21N74W MOVING W 10 KT. S OF 25N 
WITHIN 180 NM E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS E OF TROUGH TO 65W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 27N73W TO 21N76W. WITHIN 120 NM E 
OF TROUGH SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH WEAKENED. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 12N TO 15N BETWEEN 71W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS TO 
20 KT...EXCEPT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA NE 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W NE TO E 
...EXCEPT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA NE 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 16N BETWEEN 67W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.