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FZNT02 KNHC 080316
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED AUG 08 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

PAN PAN

ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC WED AUG 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU AUG 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI AUG 10.

.WARNINGS.

...CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE ERNESTO NEAR 18.7N 87.7W 980 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 08 
MOVING W OR 270 DEG AT 13 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT 
GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 150 NM E 
SEMICIRCLE...40 NM SW QUADRANT AND 70 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 
FT OR GREATER WITHIN 160 NM NE QUADRANT...100 NM SE 
QUADRANT...50 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 40 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS 
TO 27 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO INLAND NEAR 19.1N
89.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO OVER WATER NEAR 19.4N
91.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT...50 NM SE QUADRANT...20 
NM SW QUADRANT...AND 60 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 
OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 270 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 18 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE ERNESTO NEAR 19.2N 95.8W. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...60 NM SE QUADRANT...30 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 80 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 
120 NM NE...60 NM SE... 45 NM SW AND 75 NM NW QUADRANTS WITH 
SEAS TO 22 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO DISSIPATING INLAND 
NEAR 18.7N 98.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT.

FORECAST WINDS NEAR TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION
DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE AND INTENSITY.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS... 
OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 300 NM NE...360 NM SE...150 NM SW  
AND 180 NM NW QUADRANTS OF ERNESTO WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...OVER FORECAST 
WATERS WITHIN 360 NM NE...300 NM SE AND 240 NM NW QUADRANTS OF 
ERNESTO WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN ERNESTO WARNINGS...OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 300 NM NE...90 NM SE...75 NM SW AND 210 
NM NW QUADRANTS OF ERNESTO WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

.ATLC POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW FLORENCE NEAR 18N51.5W 1012 MB. 
WITHIN 240 NM NE SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW DISSIPATED. TROUGH FROM 21N56W TO 18N58W 
TO 16N59W. FROM 18N TO 22N BETWEEN 52W AND 58W E TO SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 25N63W TO 20N66W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 18N BETWEEN 70W AND 76W 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 18N BETWEEN 71W AND 78W E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.