000 FZNT02 KNHC 161522 HSFAT2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1630 UTC FRI DEC 15 2017 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 SAT DEC 16. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN DEC 17. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON DEC 18. .WARNINGS. ...CARIBBEAN GALE WARNING... .FROM 11N TO 12.5N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10.5N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .06 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT FROM 11N TO 12.5N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT 10 TO 12 FT FROM 11N TO 12.5N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. .12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 12.5N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 69W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT S OF 14N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 09.5N TO 16.5N BETWEEN 80W AND 82.5W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 12N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 09.5N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 81.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT S OF 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT 9 TO 13 FT S OF 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. N OF 13N BETWEEN 64W AND 70W...INCLUDING CARIBBEAN PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT...EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 FT CARIBBEAN PASSAGES. FROM 09.5N TO 16.5N BETWEEN 81.5W AND 83W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. .30 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 81W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 14.5N E OF 70W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 FT CARIBBEAN PASSAGES. FROM 09.5N TO 16.5N BETWEEN 81.5W AND 83W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. .42 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73.5W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 09.5N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 82W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. N OF 14N BETWEEN 63W AND 70W...INCLUDING CARIBBEAN PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 FT CARIBBEAN PASSAGES. ELSEWHERE S OF 17N BETWEEN 79W AND 83.5W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 12N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 09.5N TO 16.5N BETWEEN 71W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT S OF 14N BETWEEN 74W AND 76W. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. N OF 14N BETWEEN 64W AND 71W...INCLUDING CARIBBEAN PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 FT CARIBBEAN PASSAGES. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N BETWEEN 74W AND 83.5W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N70W TO 28N81W. N OF 30N E OF FRONT TO 62W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. N OF 30N W OF FRONT TO 74W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N53W TO 26N64W. N OF 30N WITHIN 270 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 66W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT 31N43W TO 25N49W. N OF A LINE FROM 31N64W TO 23N64W TO 24N49W TO 27N42W TO 31N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 10 TO 12 FT N OF 29N. .ATLC E OF A LINE FROM 31N62W TO 15N62W TO 17N45W TO 12N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST E OF A LINE FROM 31N47W TO 22N49W TO 17N52W TO 12N45W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 15N TO 20N BETWEEN 37W AND 45W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN DECAYING MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST S OF 21N BETWEEN 72W AND 74W...INCLUDING APPROACH TO WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 21N BETWEEN 72W AND 74W...INCLUDING APPROACH TO WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. FROM 23N TO 24N BETWEEN 75W AND 83W...INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .30 HOUR FORECAST S OF 21N BETWEEN 72W AND 74W...INCLUDING APPROACH TO WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. .CARIBBEAN 18 HOUR FORECAST N OF 19N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W... INCLUDING WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 20N BETWEEN 78W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. .48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 18N BETWEEN 73W AND 82.5W...INCLUDING WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT FROM 28N83W TO 25N93W TO 18N94W. S OF 22N W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .06 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 26N97W 1016 MB WITH WARM FRONT TO 26N92W TO 24N89W. WITHIN 120 NM N OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 28N97W 1016 MB WITH WARM FRONT TO 28N92W TO 26N89W. WITHIN 90 NM N OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .18 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 29N95W 1016 MB WITH WARM FRONT TO 30N92W TO 27N91W. FRONTAL TROUGH FROM LOW TO 27N95W TO 24N96W TO 23N97W. WITHIN 60 NM SE QUADRANT OF LOW S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. WITHIN 60 NM S OF WARM FRONT BETWEEN 93W AND 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES TO MOVE INLAND AND WEAKEN NEAR 30N94W 1017 MB WITH WARM FRONT TO LIFT N OF AREA. FRONTAL TROUGH TO EXTEND FROM LOW TO 27N94W TO 24N96W. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. $$ .FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.