000
FZNT02 KNHC 160341
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU FEB 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU FEB 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 18.

.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 24N E OF 46W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW 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 44W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 24N E OF 47W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
FT IN NW SWELL.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N43W TO 26N50W TO WEAK 1018 MB 
LOW NEAR 24N61W AND TO 19N65W. WITHIN 240 NM NW OF FRONT NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW TO N SWELL...HIGHEST BETWEEN 
55W AND FRONT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N43W TO 
26N50W TO 20N65W. N OF 24N E OF 43W 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 AND S OF 15N E 
OF 67W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 18N BETWEEN 69W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT JUST INLAND TEXAS COAST. N OF 25N W 
OF 89W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N90W TO 26N97W. W OF FRONT
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N89W TO 27N93W THEN 
STATIONARY TO 26N97W. LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N86W TO LOW PRES NEAR
28N96W 1010 MB THEN COLD FRONT TO 26N97W. N OF STATIONARY FRONT
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 AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.