000
FZNT02 KNHC 160905
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC THU FEB 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT FEB 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 20N E OF 61W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20 E OF 45W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20N E OF 45W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
FT.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT 31N43W TO 24N61W. N OF 20N E OF 50W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W 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 FROM FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N90W TO 26N97W. W 
OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 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 DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.