000
FZNT02 KNHC 152216
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SAT JAN 15 2011

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC SAT JAN 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN JAN 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON JAN 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N35W TO 25N65W THEN SHEAR LINE TO 
21N76W. WITHIN 180 NM N OF SHEAR LINE NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT. N OF 20N E OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT AND SHEAR LINE DISSIPATED. N OF 20N E OF 
63W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 73W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. N OF 20N E OF 61W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN N SWELL.

.S OF 20N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW AND 
NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 18N W OF 78W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT. FROM 11N TO 15N E OF 78W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 15N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 18N E OF 
80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 18N E OF 80W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 23N W OF 92W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 29N95W TO 26N97W. N OF 27N E 
OF FRONT TO 90W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 29N92W TO 26N97W. W OF FRONT W 
TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.