000
FZNT02 KNHC 180332
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU AUG 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU AUG 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI AUG 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT AUG 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND 75W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 17N TO 23N BETWEEN 55W AND 70W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 23N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W. E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N BETWEEN 70W AND 74W E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 36W. FROM 14N TO 23N E OF 42W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 13N42W 1009 MB. FROM 13N TO 20N 
E OF 47W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 14N50W 1009 MB. FROM 14N TO 26N 
BETWEEN 40W AND 57W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 77/78W. 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. ELSEWHERE E OF 
WAVE TO 67W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 15N81W 
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 15N85W 
1008 MB. WITHIN 75 NM N SEMICIRCLE LOW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 19N BETWEEN 80W AND 85W 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.