000
FZNT02 KNHC 110958
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC FRI DEC 11 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT DEC 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN DEC 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N69W TO 25N80W. NW OF FRONT NW TO N 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT E OF 73W. N OF 29N WITHIN 240 NM E 
OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N58W TO 23N80W. NW OF FRONT  
N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 29N 
WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N39W TO 24N55W THEN 
STATIONARY TO 28N80W. N OF 29N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 11 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF FRONT E OF 55W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN N SWELL. N OF FRONT BETWEEN 55W 
AND 70W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. N OF FRONT W 
OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT.

.ATLC N OF 23N E OF 50W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT 
IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 22N TO 29N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.ATLC S OF 20N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM 26N80W TO 25N90W THEN STATIONARY 
TO LOW PRES 1012 MB NEAR 22N95W. N OF FRONT NE TO WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W OF 94W N 
TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT DISSIPATING FROM 23N80W TO 
LOW PRES 1012 MB NEAR 27N96W. N OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN E SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT N OF AREA. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.