000
FZNT02 KNHC 172154
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED AUG 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED AUG 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU AUG 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI AUG 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 22N BETWEEN 70W AND 75W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 16N TO 22N BETWEEN 58W AND 
70W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N BETWEEN 70W AND 76W. E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 21N BETWEEN 70W AND 75W E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE JUST E OF AREA. FROM 14N TO 23N E OF 40W NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 13N41W 1009 MB. FROM 13N TO 20N 
E OF 47W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 14N49W 1009 MB. FROM 13N TO 22N 
BETWEEN 40W AND 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 75W. N OF 16N WITHIN 120 NM W OF 
WAVE NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 16N WITHIN 240 NM E 
OF WAVE E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 15N80W 
1009 MB. WITHIN 75 NM OF LOW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 18N BETWEEN 70W AND 81W E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 15N83W 
1008 MB. WITHIN 75 NM N SEMICIRCLE LOW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT. WITHIN 75 NM OF SE QUADRANT OF LOW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 19N BETWEEN 75W AND 83W E TO 
SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  

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

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.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.