000
FZNT02 KNHC 202220
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC TUE OCT 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE OCT 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED OCT 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU OCT 22.

.WARNINGS.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N60W TO 22N78W. NW OF FRONT TO 28N NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN N AND NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. 
ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 31N53W TO 23N74W. N OF 
25N TO 30N W OF 65W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. FROM 25N TO 29N W OF 68W E  
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. FROM 26N TO 29N BETWEEN 
55W AND 68W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  

.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 27N51W 1009 MB. WITHIN 240 NM SE 
QUADRANT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW COLD FRONT 31N40W TO 25N52W. WITHIN 240 NM 
SE OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT. NW OF FRONT N 
OF 29N BETWEEN 51W AND 55W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 70W AND 78W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT 22N78W TO 18N88W. NW OF 
LINE 21N77W TO 16N87W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
W OF 84W. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N BETWEEN 78W AND 82W E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.    
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DIFFUSE. N OF 20N W OF 82W E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DEVELOPING LOW PRES NEAR 12N82W 1007 MB. 
WITHIN 240 NM NE QUADRANT E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 26N E OF 90W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N E OF 90W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N E OF 87W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.