000
FZNT02 KNHC 091550
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU AUG 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC THU AUG 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI AUG 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT AUG 11.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO AT 18.2N 94.3W 992 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 09 
MOVING W OR 260 DEG AT 9 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 50 GUSTS 60 
KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...60 
NM SE QUADRANT...25 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 100 NM NW QUADRANT.  
SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 16 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO INLAND NEAR 17.5N 
97.5W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 GUSTS 40 KT. SEAS BELOW 12 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW ERNESTO NEAR 17.0N 
100.0W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT.
.48 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.

.GULF OF MEXICO EXCEPT AS NOTED IN ERNESTO WARNING...S OF 23N W 
OF 93W  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN ERNESTO WARNING...S OF 23N 
W OF 95W  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...S OF 22N W OF  
95W  WINDS TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE FROM 20N62W TO 26N59W.  FROM 20N TO 24N E OF 
WAVE TO 58W  SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL WAVE FROM 22N68W TO 26N66W.  FROM 
22N TO 25N BETWEEN 63W AND 66W  E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL WAVE BECOME DIFFUSE.  WINDS 20 KT  
OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC LOW PRES AT 14N41W 1010 MB.  WITHIN 270 NM N QUADRANT 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
14N47W 1009 MB.  WITHIN 270 NM N QUADRANT  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
14N54W 1008 MB.  WITHIN 270 NM N QUADRANT  WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 50W AND 60W 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  

.CARIBBEAN FROM 12N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 77W  E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT ALONG 17N OFF COAST OF HISPANIOLA.  SEAS TO 
10 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 12N TO 18N BETWEEN 68W AND 74W  E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 75W AND 
80W  SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 77W  E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.