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FZNT02 KNHC 081543
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

SECURITE

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

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC WED AUG 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU AUG 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI AUG 10.

.WARNINGS.

....TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO AT 18.7N 90.4W 995 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 08 
MOVING W OR 260 DEG AT 13 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 45 GUSTS 
55 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 140 NM E SEMICIRCLE... 
40 NM SW QUADRANT AND 70 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 
240 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 17 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO OVER WATER NEAR 18.6N 
94.5W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 55 GUSTS 65 KT.  TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS WITHIN 130 NM NE QUADRANT...60 NM SE QUADRANT...30 
NM SW QUADRANT...AND 70 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER IN 
AREAS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 16 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO INLAND NEAR 18.4N 
97.7W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT. SEAS BELOW 12 FT. 
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

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 SEMICIRCLE AND 270 NM W 
QUADRANT OF ERNESTO  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN ERNESTO WARNINGS...OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 360 NM N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF 
ERNESTO  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN ERNESTO WARNINGS...OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 360 NM NE SEMICIRCLE OF ERNESTO  WINDS TO 
33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 82W  WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 76W  E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.  S OF 20N W OF 85W  E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 77W  E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  S OF 18N W OF 85W  E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PRES OF FLORENCE NEAR 19N54W 
1010 MB.  WITHIN 240 NM N QUADRANT  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES DISSIPATED.  TROPICAL WAVE ALONG  
62W FROM 19N TO 25N.  FROM 20N TO 24N E OF WAVE TO 58W 
SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 66W FROM 20N TO 26N. 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC 18 HOUR FORECAST  DEVELOPING LOW PRES NEAR 13N41W 1013 MB. 
WITHIN 180 NM N QUADRANT OF LOW PRES NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES 1013 MB NEAR 13N43W.  LITTLE CHANGE 
IN WIND AND SEAS.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES NEAR 13N50W 1012 MB.  WITHIN 270 NM 
N QUADRANT  WINDS 25 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 14 FT.  ELSEWHERE IN 
N SEMICIRCLE  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.   

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.