000
FZNT02 KNHC 190249
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU APR 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N46W TO 22N50W TO 18N60W. N OF 26N 
WITHIN 180 NM E OF THROUGH S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. COLD 
FRONT 31N52W TO 25N54W TO 23N64W. N OF 25N WITHIN 180 NM E OF 
FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST NEAR 
FRONT. LOW PRES 1006 MB AT 31N57W. ELSEWHERE OVER FORECAST 
WATERS WITHIN 270 NM S SEMICIRCLE OF LOW PRES WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATED. LOW PRES 1008 MB AT 
31N54W. DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 31N50W TO 22N54W. N OF 25N E OF 
FRONT TO 43W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF 27N W OF FRONT 
TO 54W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES N OF AREA. FRONT DISSIPATED. TROUGH 
FROM 31N49W TO 23N51W. N OF 26N E OF TROUGH TO 40W S TO SW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 FT N OF 30N.  

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 65W AND 82W...INCLUDING THE 
MONA PASSAGE NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 11N TO 15N 
BETWEEN 75W AND 82W. FROM 18N TO 20N E OF 76W...INCLUDING 
WINDWARD PASSAGE NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 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 GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.