000
FZNT02 KNHC 201000
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI APR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT APR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N46W TO 24N50W THEN WEAKENING TO 21N54W. 
N OF 24N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATING. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 18 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT ALONG TEXAS COAST.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 30N93W TO 24N98W. W 
OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SCATTERED TO 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AMD AHEAD OF FRONT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM LOW AT 28N85W 1006 MB
TO 25N88W TO 20N96W. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT N OF 25N. S OF 27N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM LOW AT 28N84W 1004 MB
TO 25N85W TO 21N90W...WARM FRONT FROM LOW TO 30N84W. W OF FRONT 
TO 87W NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. S OF 25N E OF 
FRONT SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 
FRONT TO 94W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.