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FZNT02 KNHC 050255
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU APR 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 07.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N42W TO 20N60W TO 22N72W. N OF 28N E OF 
FRONT TO 38W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN 
MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 90 NM SE OF FRONT 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. W OF FRONT TO 
73W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST 
NE HALF OF AREA. S OF 16N E OF 38W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 31N37W TO 27N47W TO 
21N57W. E OF 65W TO LINE FROM 27N35W TO 15N45W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 15N E OF 47W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT TO BECOME ILL DEFINED. S OF 16N E OF 46W 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND 
WAVES. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 31N42W TO 12N59W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.24 HOUR FORECAST ATLC COLD FRONT NW OF AREA. N OF 28N BETWEEN 
64W AND 74W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES N OF AREA WITH TROUGH FROM LOW 
THROUGH 31N74W TO 26N80W. SE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 75W AND 80W SW TO 
W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 26N E OF TROUGH TO 63W 
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT...HIGHEST NEAR 31N72W. W OF 
TROUGH NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 68W AND 77W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS TO 8 FT. S 
OF 19N W OF 85W INCLUDING THE GULF OF HONDURAS...SE WINDS 20 TO 
LOCALLY 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 71W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO SQUALL LINE FROM NEAR 28N83W TO 24N87W TO 23N90W 
TO 25.5N93W SPREADING S AND SE 25 TO 30 KT. WITHIN 60 NM S AND 
120 NM N OF SQUALL LINE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
SEAS TO 11 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
STRONG CONVECTION ALONG SQUALL LINE E OF 88W.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 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 STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.