000
FZNT02 KNHC 051011
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU JAN 05 2012

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU JAN 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI JAN 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT JAN 07.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N53W TO 27N58W THEN STATIONARY FRONT TO 
22N62W TO 18N66W.  WITHIN 150 NM E OF FRONT N OF 27N  S TO SW 
WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE WITHIN 
240 NM OF FRONT  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  N OF 22N W OF FRONT TO 78W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
8 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 30N E OF 65W.  S OF 22N W 
OF FRONT TO 75W  NE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. 
N OF 22N E OF FRONT  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN E 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WEAKENING COLD FRONT 31N53W TO 18N63W.  
SECOND COLD FRONT FROM 31N69W TO 29N81W.  N OF 28N WITHIN 120 NM 
E OF FRONT  S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  N OF SECOND FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  
ELSEWHERE W OF FIRST FRONT TO 70W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
8 TO 14 FT IN NE AND NW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS ALONG FIRST FRONT.  
E OF FIRST FRONT TO 42W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 31N47W TO 22N55W.  N 
OF 29N E OF FRONT  SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE E OF 70W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 
FT IN NE SWELL E OF FRONT AND NW SWELL W OF FRONT. 

.ATLC S OF 22N E OF 65W  NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN 
NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  ELSEWHERE S OF 18N  NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  CONDITIONS MERGE.  SEE ABOVE PARAGRAPH. 

.CARIBBEAN DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 18N66W TO 15N75W TO 12N80W. 
FROM 70W TO 80W  N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT DISSIPATED. FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W 
AND 81W  N TO NE WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COAST OF 
COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 10 FT S OF 18N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 19N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W  NE WINDS 
20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  N OF 16N FROM 68W TO 70W  NE 
WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 13N W OF 77W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NE SWELL.

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

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.