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FZNT02 KNHC 232131
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT APR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN APR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON APR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 27N35W TO 21N53W TO 20N60W TO
21N70W. N OF LINE FROM 31N41W TO 29N43W TO 29N49W TO 31N51W SW
TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 15 TO 18 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 31N37W TO 29N38W TO 24N55W TO 28N60W
TO 31N61W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 26N35W TO
21N52W TO 22N57W. N OF 30N E OF 41W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 12 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NE OF A LINE FROM 25N35W
TO 19N46W TO 19N56W TO 21N56W TO 23N52W TO 31N51W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST E OF A LINE FROM 26N35W TO 27N38W TO 31N40W
AND NE OF A LINE FROM 13N35W TO 11N38W TO 11N49W TO 15N49W TO
21N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N76W TO 24N80W. N OF 29N E OF TROUGH TO
73W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N65W TO 23N72W. N OF 29N
E OF TROUGH TO 62W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N64W TO 21N68W. N OF A
LINE FROM 30N68W TO 30N71W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N58W TO 25N67W. N OF 28N
BETWEEN 63W AND 69W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED
NE AND NW SWELL.

.33 HOUR FORECAST NEW LOW PRES NEAR 28N60W 1008 MB. TROUGH FROM
LOW CENTER TO 20N68W. FROM 22N TO 24N BETWEEN 58W AND 60W WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 28N52W 1007 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW
CENTER TO 19N67W. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 24N51W TO
28N51W TO 24N57W TO 24N51W TO S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8
TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 24N49W TO
29N49W TO 27N55W TO 22N58W TO 24N49W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER MCELROY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.