000
FZNT02 KNHC 261453
HSFAT2

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC FRONTAL TROUGH 31N48W TO 28N55W TO 31N65W TO 26N76W. N OF 
27N WITHIN 300 NM E OF TROUGH SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN 
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N BETWEEN 65W AND 35W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. SE OF LINE 25N35W 
TO 15N61W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N AND NE 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED AND RIDGE 28N35W TO 26N80W. 
N OF RIDGE E OF 55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. SE OF LINE 24N35W TO 17N62W NE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW COLD FRONT 31N75W TO 28N80W AND RIDGE 
30N35W TO 26N80W. N OF 29N E OF FRONT TO 60W SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. SE OF LINE 26N35W TO 15N61W NE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 17N W OF 65W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N W OF 64W AND 17N TO 19N W OF 
84W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 18N AND N OF 18N W OF 83W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.  

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 27N W OF 90W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N BETWEEN 90W AND 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 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 NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.