000
FZNT02 KNHC 200838
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC TUE DEC 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC TUE DEC 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED DEC 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU DEC 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N45W TO 22N57W TO 20N65W THEN FRONTAL TROUGH 
TO 21N75W. N OF 26N W OF FRONT TO 60W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 11 TO 22 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 26N W OF 62W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT E OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N 
BETWEEN 60W AND 76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. N OF 27N E OF FRONT TO 35W SE TO S WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SE SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA E OF 
60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N38W TO 24N42W THEN FRONTAL 
TROUGH TO 16N61W. FROM 11N TO 26N W OF 52W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN MIXED N SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 22N BETWEEN 40W AND 75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 
18 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N36W TO 21N43W. N OF 26N 
WITHIN 240 NM W OF TROUGH AND S OF 26N W OF 48W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN MIXED N SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 12N TO 26N BETWEEN 35W AND 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 11N BETWEEN 68W AND 82W INCLUDING THE WINDWARD 
AND MONA PASSAGES NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. E 
OF 68W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 18N W OF 82W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 11N BETWEEN 66W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 25 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 82W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 11 FT. N OF 15N W OF 82W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 83W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT. N OF 15N W OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 21N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO
8 FT. N OF 21N E OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N92W TO 22N97W. W OF FRONT N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. E OF 88W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.36 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 30N89W TO 26N96W TO 20N96W. 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 29N95W TO 26N97W. S OF 25N E OF 
83W E TO SE WINDS 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.