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FZNT02 KNHC 091424
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC WED APR 09 2008
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED APR 09
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU APR 10
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI APR 11

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC LOW PRES 31N70W 1014 MB WITH FRONTAL TROUGH SW T0 23N80W. 
N OF 27N W OF TROUGH N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 31N47W 1010 MB WITH TROUGH W TO 
28N65W SW TO 20N73W. N OF TROUGH E OF 78W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. WITHIN 240 NM SE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW S 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE NE OF LINE 17N35W TO 
28N65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN N 
SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N42W TO 25N46W TO 27N55W TO 
22N65W. N OF TROUGH E OF 72W N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN 
NE SWELL. N OF 28N E OF TROUGH S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT. ELSEWHERE NE OF LINE 15N35W TO 22N65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. 

.ATLC TROUGH 27N35W TO 31N42W. NE OF TROUGH NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE NE OF LINE FROM 
15N35W TO 31N60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS MERGE.
 
.ATLC ELSEWHERE S OF 17N NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE S OF 15N NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 17N E OF 80W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. W OF 84W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT GULF OF HONDURAS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 10N WITHIN 150 NM OF THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO NW OF LINE FROM 28N84W TO 24N96W E TO SE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 88W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF LINE FROM 27N86W TO 19N94W SE TO S WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  

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

$$
FORECASTER NELSON
TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER
TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST BRANCH