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FZNT02 KNHC 240232
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE APR 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE APR 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 28N65W TO 20N70W. COLD FRONT FROM 
31N68W TO 21N77W. N OF 27N W OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 25N E OF FRONT TO 60W SE TO S 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SE TO S SWELL...HIGHEST N 
OF 30N. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N63W TO 20N70W. REINFORCING 
COLD FRONT FROM 31N70W TO 22N76W. N OF 27N W OF REINFORCING COLD 
FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL E OF 75W. N 
OF 25N E OF COLD FRONT TO 58W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
NEAR FRONT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N BETWEEN FRONTS WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT AND REINFORCING COLD FRONT MERGED. 
COLD FRONT FROM 31N61W TO 23N65W THEN STATIONARY FRONT FROM 
23N65W TO 20N71W. N OF 26N E OF COLD FRONT TO 58W SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 23N W OF STATIONARY FRONT TO 74W NE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 30N BETWEEN 69W AND 74W W TO NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 20N70W TO 12N74W. N OF 15N W OF 
80W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL. FROM 11N 
TO 15N W OF 80W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 20N70W TO 12N74W. WINDWARD 
PASSAGE NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. FROM 11N TO 15N W 
OF 78W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 20N71W TO 14N75W. WINDWARD PASSAGE NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 15N 
BETWEEN 72W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 82W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S 
OF 14N E OF 72W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO REINFORCING COLD FRONT FROM 25N80W TO 22N87W TO 
23N94W. N OF REINFORCING FRONT AND E OF 88W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N W OF 96W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N W OF 94W SE TO S 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 GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.