000 FZNT02 KNHC 302210 HSFAT2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2230 UTC FRI SEP 30 2011 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1800 UTC FRI SEP 30. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT OCT 01. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN OCT 02. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE OPHELIA NEAR 24.7N 63.0W 960 MB AT 2100 UTC SEP 30 MOVING N OR 350 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 150 NM E SEMICIRCLE...60 NM SW QUADRANT AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 240 NM NE QUADRANT...150 NM SE QUADRANT...90 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 37 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE OPHELIA NEAR 29.8N 62.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM E SEMICIRCLE...60 NM SW QUADRANT AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 270 NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...90 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 210 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 39 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE OPHELIA N OF AREA NEAR 39.0N 60.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 200 NM E SEMICIRCLE...60 NM SW QUADRANT AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER N OF AREA. .72 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL OPHELIA NEAR 48.0N 47.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST...POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL OPHELIA ABSORBED BY A FRONTAL SYSTEM. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE NEAR 23.5N 46.2W 1004 MB AT 2100 UTC SEP 30 MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 75 NM NE QUADRANT...30 NM SE QUADRANT...20 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 60 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM W SEMICIRCLE...150 NM NE QUADRANT AND 120 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE NEAR 25.0N 49.4W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE...45 NM SE QUADRANT AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. LITTLE CHANGE IN AREA OF SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITH SEAS TO 19 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE NEAR 26.1N 53.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 45 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT...60 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION PHILIPPE NEAR 26.0N 57.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION PHILIPPE NEAR 26.5N 61.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE NEAR 28.5N 61.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...ELSEWHERE WITHIN 360 NM NE QUADRANT...300 NM SE QUADRANT...210 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 240 NM NW QUADRANT OF OPHELIA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...ELSEWHERE OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 360 NM NE QUADRANT...330 NM SE QUADRANT ...AND 270 NM W SEMICIRCLE OF OPHELIA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N BETWEEN 55W AND 60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. N OF 29N BETWEEN 60W AND 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...ELSEWHERE WITHIN 210 NM NE SEMICIRCLE...AND 120 NM SW SEMICIRCLE OF PHILIPPE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM NE SEMICIRCLE...AND 150 NM SW SEMICIRCLE OF PHILIPPE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM NE SEMICIRCLE...AND 150 NM SW SEMICIRCLE OF PHILIPPE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA N OF 24N BETWEEN 45W AND 55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL. .ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 28N35W TO 28N40W THEN SHEAR LINE TO 28N50W TO 31N57W. N OF FRONT AND SHEAR LINE NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT AND SHEAR LINE DISSIPATED. N OF 28N E OF 45W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 28N BETWEEN 45W AND 55W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 20N E OF 40W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL. .ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 29N80W. W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N73W TO 27N75W TO 24N80W. N OF 29N W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT ALONG 31N. .48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 31N68W TO 27N72W TO 21N77W. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .CARIBBEAN 12 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N E OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 66W AND 72W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 14N BETWEEN 68W AND 75W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .GULF OF MEXICO 12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 28N83W TO 27N90W TO 28N97W. N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 26N82W TO 23N92W THEN DISSIPATING STATIONARY TO 18N95W. N OF 25N NW OF FRONT TO 93W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 21N W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTS DISSIPATED. S OF 21N W OF 94W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. $$ .FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.