000
FZNT02 KNHC 261451
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT FEB 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT FEB 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN FEB 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON FEB 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH 31N40W TO 1012 MB LOW PRES 26N44W TO 20N45W. WITHIN 
480 NM W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. 
FROM 13N TO 20N BETWEEN 55W AND 67W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N E OF 60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 31N39W TO 1011 MB LOW PRES 25N40W. N OF 
20N BETWEEN 43W AND 50W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 
FT. FROM 11N TO 22N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 14N E OF 55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N TO NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 31N40W TO 18N41W. N OF 25N E OF TROUGH 
S TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. N OF 19N BETWEEN 41W 
AND 52W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. FROM 09N TO 24N 
BETWEEN 52W AND 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE 19N35W TO 07N52W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 17N E OF 81W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. S OF 18N W OF 84W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 18N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT AND 
TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO 24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 20N W OF 91W SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 87W SE TO S 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 DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.