000
FZNT02 KNHC 190930
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN AUG 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN AUG 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON AUG 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE AUG 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC HURRICANE GORDON NE OF AREA N OF AREA NEAR 34.9N 31.6W 969 
MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 19 MOVING E OR 080 DEG AT 20 KT. OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 300 NM SW QUADRANT OF GORDON WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
27N E OF 40W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY 
NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE GORDON WELL NE OF AREA. WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC LOW PRES NEAR 14.5N35W 1009 MB. OVER FORECAST WATERS 
WITHIN 300 NM N QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
15.5N43W 1006 MB. WITHIN 300 NM NE SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
16N50.5W 1004 MB. WITHIN 360 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT 
AND 300 NM NW QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 16N TO 22N BETWEEN 40W AND 50W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN 06 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 18N BETWEEN 67W AND 74W 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 18N BETWEEN 69W AND 77W E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT S OF 16N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 18N 
BETWEEN 69W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT SW 
HALF.

.CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 84W INCLUDING GULF OF 
HONDURAS...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

$$
.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.