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FZNT02 KNHC 050246
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI AUG 05 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI AUG 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT AUG 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN AUG 07.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM EARL NEAR 18.1N 91.7W 1000 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 05
MOVING WNW OR 285 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT
GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N
SEMICIRCLE AND WITHIN 30 NM SE QUADRANT. GULF OF MEXICO S OF 22N
BETWEEN 91W AND 93W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM EARL INLAND NEAR 18.4N 93.3W..
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR CENTER.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND WITHIN
30 NM SE QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N BETWEEN 91W AND 96W WINDS
20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM EARL INLAND NEAR 18.7N 95.2W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT NEAR CENTER. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND WITHIN 30 NM SE
QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N BETWEEN 91W AND 98W WINDS 20 TO 33 
KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARL INLAND NEAR 18.9N
96.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT INLAND NEAR
CENTER. OVER WATER WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST EARL POST TROPICAL LOW NEAR 19.5N 98.0W 1010
MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INLAND NEAR CENTER. OVER
WATER WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.72 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.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 17N TO 20N OF 86W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO
10 FT.
.12 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 NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.