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FZNT02 KNHC 230209
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC SAT APR 23 2016

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SAT APR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON APR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 30N32W TO 22N50W THEN WEAKENING TO 21N61W.
SECOND COLD FRONT N OF AREA. N OF A LINE FROM 31N44W TO 29N49W
TO 31N57W W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT WITH NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 31N37W TO 26N42W TO 25N51W TO 31N62W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW TO N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 28N35W TO 22N40W.
SECOND COLD FRONT ALONG 31N BETWEEN 44W AND 54W. N OF A LINE
FROM 31N37W TO 28N46W TO 31N51W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
12 TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 31N35W TO 27N39W TO
24N48W TO 24N58W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY
IN NW TO N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FIRST FRONT DISSIPATED. SECOND COLD FRONT FROM
31N35W TO 29N39W TO 28N44W. NE OF A LINE FROM 23N35W TO 15N45W
TO 17N54W TO 21N53W TO 25N47W TO 31N47W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.

.ATLC S OF A LINE FROM 21N70W TO 21N73W...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC 06 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT JUST NW OF AREA. N OF 29N
BETWEEN 77W AND 80W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT.
.15 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 28N81.5W. WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W E WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.21 HOUR FORECAST CARIBBEAN S OF 13N BETWEEN 62W AND 73W E WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.39 HOUR FORECAST S 13N OF BETWEEN 62W AND 74W WINDS LESS THAN
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER MCELROY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.