000
FZNT02 KNHC 030955
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC THU SEP 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU SEP 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT SEP 05.

.WARNINGS.

.TROPICAL STORM ERIKA AT 16.5N 62.7W 1008 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 03 
MOVING WNW OR 295 DEG AT 6 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 35 GUSTS 
45 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 200 NM NE QUADRANT AND 
150 NM SE QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM NE 
QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 13 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA NEAR 17.9N 65.6W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 30 GUSTS 40 KT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA NEAR 19.5N 68.5W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 30 GUSTS 40 KT. 
.72 HOUR FORECAST  REMNANT LOW PRES OF ERIKA NEAR 21.0N 70.8W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE.
.96 HOUR FORECAST  REMNANT LOW PRES OF ERIKA NEAR 22.5N 73.0W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 20 GUSTS 25 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...WITHIN 300 NM 
NE AND 240 NM SE  WIND TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 240 NM NE AND 180 NM SE QUADRANTS  
WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 240 NM NE AND 180 NM SE QUADRANTS  
WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 29N76W TO 22N78W.  N OF 26N WITHIN 300 NM E OF 
TROUGH  SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH 31N79W TO 27N80W.  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W  NE TO E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE. 

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

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.