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FZNT02 KNHC 280936
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI DEC 28 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 28.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT DEC 29.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN DEC 30.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC LOW PRES NEAR 27N42W 1016 MB WITH TROUGH NE TO 31N40W AND
SW TO 21N43W. N OF 25N W OF LOW AND TROUGH TO 47W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT WITHIN 150 NM W QUADRANT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT. N OF 28N E OF TROUGH WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN 
SE SWELL. S OF 16N E OF 40W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 25N42W 1017 MB WITH TROUGH NE TO
31N41W. N OF 26N E OF 49W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES DISSIPATED. WEAKENING TROUGH FROM 
31N41W TO 22N44W. N OF 24N AND E OF LINE FROM 31N57W TO 24N50W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N63W TO 25N73W THEN DISSIPATING 
STATIONARY TO 23N80W. N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 70W W TO NW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 29N E OF FRONT TO 
60W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 31N58W TO 25N66W 
THEN DISSIPATING STATIONARY TO 23N79W. N OF 29N BETWEEN 53W AND 
69W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST
BETWEEN 53W AND 64W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 24N E OF 55W AND N OF
28N BETWEEN 55W AND 66W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
NW SWELL EXCEPT TO 9 FT BETWEEN 55W AND 66W.

.ATLC 30 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 77W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 31N80W TO 30N81W. N 
OF 28N BETWEEN FRONT AND 74W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO 27N80W. N
OF 27N W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 29N E 
OF FRONT TO 66W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT N OF 
30N. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT FROM 11N TO 14N. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...
HIGHEST FROM 11N TO 14N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 68W AND 82W NE TO E  
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 74W AND 78W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST FROM 10N TO 14N
BETWEEN 74W AND 80W.

.GULF OF MEXICO BETWEEN 96W AND A LINE FROM 29N91W TO 22N95W SE
TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 30N94W TO 26N87W. N 
OF 27N WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND 30N88W TO 25N92W TO 
21N97W. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT S OF 
25N.
.30 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 30N84W TO 25N89W TO
19N95W. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT
S OF 22N W OF 96W. SEAS TO 8 FT EXCEPT TO 10 FT S OF 22N W OF 
96W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT JUST E OF AREA. E OF LINE FROM
30N91W TO 20N96W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT
TO 10 FT S OF 22N W OF 94W.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.