000
FZNT02 KNHC 160953
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC FRI OCT 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 OCT 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT OCT 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN OCT 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N43W TO 27N48W THEN STATIONARY FRONT TO 
31N62W. N OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT 31N38W TO 27N50W. N OF 
FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N35W TO 24N46W. N OF FRONTAL 
TROUGH TO 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.ATLC N OF 28N W OF 62W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N76W TO 28N80W. N OF 29N E OF 
FRONT TO 60W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. NW OF FRONT 
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N75W TO 24N80W. N OF 28N E OF 
FRONT TO 67W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. N OF 28N W 
OF COLD FRONT NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT ALONG 30N.

.ATLC FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 40W AND 48W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT.
.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 14N BETWEEN 40W AND 60W E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 15N BETWEEN 45W AND 60W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 15N E OF 78W E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 63W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO 06 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N85W TO 26N97W. N 
OF 28N E OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N 
OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 27N82W TO 24N97W. N OF FRONT N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT SE OF AREA. S OF 25N W OF 90W N TO 
NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. 
ELSEWHERE W OF 84W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 

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

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.