000 FZNT02 KNHC 081006 HSFAT2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC THU SEP 08 2011 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. PAN PAN ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC THU SEP 08. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 09. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT SEP 10. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE KATIA NEAR 32.0N 70.2W 970 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 08 MOVING N OR 350 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...200 NM NE QUADRANT AND 150 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 480 NM NE QUADRANT...300 NM SE QUADRANT...250 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 420 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 40 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE KATIA NEAR 36.6N 68.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 150 NM W SEMICIRCLE...200 NM NE QUADRANT AND 180 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 420 NM NE QUADRANT...320 NM SE QUADRANT...270 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 450 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 40 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE KATIA NEAR 41.5N 57.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM NE QUADRANT...225 NM SE QUADRANT...200 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 270 NM NE QUADRANT...390 NM SE QUADRANT...440 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 330 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 36 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL KATIA NEAR 48.5N 36.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL KATIA NEAR 56.0N 19.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL KATIA NEAR 60.0N 5.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 13.5N 48.2W 1002 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 08 MOVING W OR 275 DEG AT 20 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 0 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 0 NM S SEMICIRCLE...90 NM NE QUADRANT AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 23 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 14.5N 54.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 16.7N 60.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 30 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 210 NM EXCEPT 150 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 25 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 19.5N 65.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 23.0N 69.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MARIA NEAR 26.0N 72.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM NATE NEAR 20.4N 92.4W 1003 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 08 MOVING E OR 090 DEG AT 1 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 0 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT...120 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 80 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 90 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 14 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NATE NEAR 20.6N 92.2W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 75 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 90 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM E AND 180 NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 17 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NATE NEAR 21.8N 93.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM N SEMICIRCLE...90 NM SE QUADRANT AND 80 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM E SEMICIRCLE...210 NM SW QUADRANT AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 24 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE NATE NEAR 22.7N 94.2W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE NATE NEAR 23.0N 95.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE NATE NEAR 23.0N 97.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN KATIA WARNING...OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 510 NM E AND 300 NM W SEMICIRCLES OF KATIA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N W OF 70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN E SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N BETWEEN 63W AND 72W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY W SWELL IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE KATIA N OF AREA. ELSEWHERE N OF 26N BETWEEN 60W AND 70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SE SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST KATIA WELL N OF AREA. OVER FORECAST WATERS WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN MARIA WARNING...WITHIN 390 NM N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF MARIA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN MARIA WARNING...WITHIN 390 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN MARIA WARNING...WITHIN 300 NM N SEMICIRCLE...240 NM SE QUADRANT AND 120 NM SW QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .ATLC TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 65W S OF 22N. FROM 18N TO 23N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 69W S OF 25N. FROM 18N TO 22N BETWEEN 60W AND 69W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE DISSIPATED. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N E OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N E OF 67W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 13N E OF 66W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. .GULF OF MEXICO...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN NATE WARNING...WITHIN 300 NM N SEMICIRCLE...180 NM SE QUADRANT AND 240 NM SW QUADRANT OF NATE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN NATE WARNING...WITHIN 150 NM E AND 270 NM W SEMICIRCLES OF NATE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN NATE WARNING...WITHIN 210 NM OF NATE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N W OF 92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. $$ .FORECASTER SCHAUER. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.