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FZNT02 KNHC 100328
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT MAR 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAR 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAR 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAR 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 27N W OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. N OF 27N W OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN E SWELL.
.09 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO 29N81W. N OF FRONT 
N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 27N E OF FRONT TO 
65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 27N 
W OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL E OF 
BAHAMAS. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N65W TO 28N80W. N OF FRONT 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. N OF 27N E OF FRONT TO 
65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 27N W 
OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL E OF 
BAHAMAS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 31N55W TO 27N65W 
TO 25N80W. WITHIN 120 NM OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE W OF 65W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT E OF BAHAMAS. 

.ATLC N OF 20N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 
FT IN MIXED N AND NE SWELL. N OF 20S BETWEEN 55W AND 65W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL. S OF 
20N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN 
NE SWELL W OF 40W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 31N58W TO 25N62W. S OF 26N E OF 
50W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL  
N OF 15N AND 8 TO 10 FT S OF 15N. N OF 25N E OF TROUGH TO 50W 
SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE E OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 31N51W TO 25N55W. N OF 28N E OF 
TROUGH TO 46W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FROM 16N TO 
24N E OF 45W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE 
AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE E OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 17N BETWEEN 68W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST SW PART. REMAINDER OF 
AREA S OF 19N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 79W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 16N BETWEEN 68W AND 83W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 73W AND 79W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 16N BETWEEN 68W AND 83W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. N OF 16N W OF 68W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  

.GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N84W TO 27N95W 
TO 21N97W. W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT S 
OF 25N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT INLAND. N OF 26N E OF 90W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST E OF 90W 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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EFFECTIVE APRIL 03 2012 NEW RADIOFAX SCHEDULE FOR NEW ORLEANS 
CHARTS AND TEXT PRODUCTS. ON AIR SCHEDULE LISTING OF THE NEW 
SCHEDULE BEGINS ON OR ABOUT MAR 28 2012.

.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.