000
FZNT02 KNHC 090938
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC WED DEC 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED DEC 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU DEC 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI DEC 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 23N E OF 58W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N38W TO 26N57W. N OF FRONT E OF 45W 
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N E OF 
50W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. FROM 
20N TO 25N E OF 43W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW TO N 
SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 25N35W TO 23N45W. N OF 
24N E OF 50W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 20N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.ATLC N OF 28N W OF 73W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N80W TO 30N81W. N OF 27N W OF 
FRONT TO 60W S TO 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 31N70W TO 26N80W. W OF FRONT NW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN FT. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 50W SW TO W WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 15N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR THE COLOMBIAN COAST. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
AND E SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 17N E OF 80W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 25N W OF 85W S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 29N90W TO 29N98W. NW TO N WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 29N83W TO 20N96W. W OF FRONT N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 26N81W TO 24N90W THEN STATIONARY 
20N96W. N OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.