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FZNT02 KNHC 121542
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI OCT 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI OCT 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT OCT 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 14.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM PATTY NEAR 25.5N 72.0W 1006 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT
12 MOVING NE OR 050 DEG AT 2 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT 
GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM NE 
QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 45 NM NE QUADRANT...
150 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 13 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION PATTY NEAR 25.6N 71.8W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 
WITHIN 150 NM NW SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PATTY NEAR 23.5N
75.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT.

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

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST

.ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...S OF 29N W OF 73W 
AND WITHIN 150 NM E SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...NW OF LINE 
31N67W TO 21N77W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT 
N OF 27N E OF 75W. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...NW OF LINE 
31N65W TO 27N73W TO 23N80W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT 
IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 70W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN N SWELL. 

.ATLC LOW PRES NEAR 14N62W 1006 MB MOVING NW 7 KT. WITHIN 270 NM 
N QUADRANT AND 330 NM E QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 13N TO 22N BETWEEN 42W 
AND 64W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY 
E TO SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR ATLC AND CARIBBEAN FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE 
TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 17.5N64W 1006 MB. WITHIN 150 NM NE 
QUADRANT WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 14N 
TO 21N BETWEEN 53W AND 63W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 14N TO 24N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W E TO SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN E TO SE SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS FROM 
16N TO 21N BETWEEN 58W AND 63W.
.48 HOUR ATLC FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE NEAR 
21N65W 1004 MB. WITHIN 180 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLE WINDS 25 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 18N TO 27N BETWEEN 
55W AND 67W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN N OF 17N W OF 78W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N W OF 79W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER COBB. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.