000
FZNT02 KNHC 220348
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC TUE DEC 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE DEC 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED DEC 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU DEC 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC FRONT 31N41W TO 21N67W STATIONARY TO 20N70W.  N OF 27N W 
OF FRONT TO 58W  NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SEAS 26 
FT...HIGHEST N OF 30N.  N OF 26N FROM 58W TO 72W  WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT.  N OF 24N E OF FRONT  SW TO W WIND 20 TO 
25 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.  SE OF LINE FROM 24N45W TO 
07N57W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST...COLD FRONT 31N38W TO 20N55W STATIONARY TO 
21N68W THEN WARM FRONT TO LOW PRES 1008 MB AT 21N76W.  N OF 26N 
W OF FRONT TO 63W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SEAS 30 FT IN NW SWELL.  N OF 26N FROM 63W TO 75W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  WITHIN 180 NM N OF 
FRONT W OF 68W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SEAS TO 15 FT.  N OF 22N E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  SEAS TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 
FRONT AND 20N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  
SE OF LINE FROM 20N39W TO 07N53W    WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  DIFFUSING FRONT 26N35W TO 20N55W TO 22N65W 
THEN WARM FRONT TO 20N74W.  N OF 24N W OF FRONT TO 55W  NW TO W 
WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 30 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 29N. 
WITHIN 300 NM N AND NW OF FRONT W OF 65W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 30 
KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT.  N OF 23N E OF FRONT  W WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  
SEAS TO 22 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 14N E OF 65W  WIND LESS THAN 20 
KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  S OF 14N FROM 45W TO 55W  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN STATIONARY FRONT 18N72W TO 15N82W TO 10N83W.  NW OF 
FRONT  N WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SEAS TO 15 FT. 
S OF 14N FROM 63W TO 70W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES 1010 MB DEVELOPS NEAR 21N78W WITH 
TROUGH S TO 11N75W.  N OF 15N WITHIN 120 NM W OF LOW PRES AND 
TROUGH  NW TO N WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SEAS 14 
FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 13N W OF TROUGH  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
TO 8 FT.  N OF 15N WITHIN 60 NM E OF TROUGH  SE WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH 20N76W TO 12N73W.  N OF 19N E OF 80W 
NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 18 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 22N W OF 95W  S WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 20N W OF 94W  S WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 
8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 21N W OF 88W  SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 11 FT. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.