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FZNT02 KNHC 051026
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI OCT 05 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI OCT 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT OCT 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN OCT 07.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM OSCAR AT 23.0N 38.9W 997 MB AT 0900 UTC OCT 05 
MOVING NE OR 050 DEG AT 13 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 45 GUSTS 
55 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 180 NM NE QUADRANT AND 
140 NM SE QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM NE 
QUADRANT AND 150 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 20 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM OSCAR NEAR 25.5N 35.6W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 GUSTS 55 KT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 
WITHIN 180 NM E SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 17 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST ...DISSIPATED.

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

...GALE WARNING...
.COLD FRONT FROM 31N39W TO 29N52W TO 31N63W.  N OF 30N E OF 
TROUGH TO 35W  SW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS BELOW GALE FORCE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OSCAR WARNINGS...WITHIN 210 NM E AND 
150 NM W SEMICIRCLES  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 210 NM E 
AND 120 NM W SEMICIRCLES  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM OSCAR DISSIPATED.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N39W TO 29N52W TO 31N63W.  EXCEPT AS 
NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 25N E OF 45W  SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  N OF 25N FROM 45W TO 53W  W TO NW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N37W TO 28N43W TO 31N50W.  N OF 
25N E OF 43W  SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  N OF 
25N FROM 43W TO 50W  W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  STATIONARY FRONT FROM 27N35W TO 24N44W.  E OF 
FRONT  SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  W OF FRONT TO 
45W  W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 55W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 12 FT 
IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 25N35W TO 21N48W TO 24N52W.  
N OF FRONT E OF 50W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN N 
SWELL...HIGHEST NE PART.  S OF FRONT TO 20N E OF 50W  WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS.  SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.