000
FZNT02 KNHC 092204
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED MAY 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAY 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAY 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAY 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 27N35W TO 24N45W TO 24N55W. W OF FRONT TO 
53W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...
HIGHEST N OF 29N. WITHIN 120 NM S OF FRONT E OF 41W SW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 25N35W TO 
20N43W. N OF 28N E OF 40W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW
TO N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES JUST NE OF AREA. N OF 28N E OF 42W
N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N
E OF 47W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.

.ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N78W TO 29N81W. N OF 
27N E OF FRONT TO 69W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT N 
OF 29N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. W OF FRONT
W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO 27N80W. N OF 27N E 
OF FRONT TO 66W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF 
29N NEAR FRONT. SEAS TO 9 FT N OF 29N NEAR FRONT. N OF 28N W OF 
FRONT N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N69W TO 26N76W THEN WEAKENING
TO 26N80W. N OF 28N WITHIN 420 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 36 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N BETWEEN 64W AND 72W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO 30 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N W OF 94W E TO SE WINDS
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST BETWEEN 89W AND 94W AND N OF 25N W OF 94W 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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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.