000
FZNT02 KNHC 152218
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED FEB 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED FEB 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU FEB 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI FEB 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 16N BETWEEN 49W AND 61W AND ALSO S OF 21N E OF 49W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N E OF 46W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N E OF 61W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 21N E OF 45W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
ELSEWHERE S OF 24N E OF 47W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N43W TO 24N61W THEN STATIONARY TO 
19N65W. WITHIN 240 NM NW OF COLD FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN 180 NM W OF STATIONARY
FRONT NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N43W TO 
26N50W TO 20N65W. N OF 20N E OF 50W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF 16N BETWEEN 69W AND 73W NE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 25N W OF 89W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.