000
FZNT02 KNHC 161000
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED APR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED APR 16
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 17
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 18

.WARNINGS.

...ATLC GALE WARNING...
.LOW PRES 28N75W 1007 MB.  OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 210 NM W 
QUADRANT  NW TO N WINDS TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS.  
SEAS BUILD TO 24 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN GALE FORCE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS. COLD FRONT 31N63W TO 20N71W.  N OF 
27N WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 
FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF 73W NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT N OF 25N.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N62W TO 20N70W.  N OF 25N WITHIN 
360 NM E OF FRONT  S WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 FT.  LOW PRES 
31N73W 1008 MB WITH TROUGH TO 23N80W.  W OF FRONT TO TROUGH  SW 
TO W WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  N OF 25N W OF 
TROUGH  NW TO N WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 20 FT N OF 27N AND 9 FT 
S OF 27N.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N62W TO 19N68W.  N OF 24N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF FRONT  S WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 14 FT.  LOW PRES N 
OF AREA AT 33N67W 1009 MB WITH TROUGH TO 23N80W.  N OF 24N W OF 
FRONT TO 70W  SW TO W WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN N SWELL.
N OF 24N W OF 70W  NW TO N WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 16 FT N OF 
27N AND 12 FT S OF 27N....BOTH IN N SWELL 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH 31N60W TO 19N68W.  N OF 29N 
WITHIN 240 NM E OF TROUGH  S WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT.
N OF 29N W OF TROUGH TO 73W  W WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT N OF BAHAMAS  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
11 FT IN N SWELL.
 
.ATLC S OF 23W E OF 55W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 18N E OF 60W  E WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS 9 
FT IN E SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN COLD FRONT 20N75W TO 16N87W.  NW OF FRONT  N TO NE 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH HAITI TO 12N79W.  W OF TROUGH 
TO 85W  N TO NE WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATED.  CONDITIONS 
DESCRIBED BELOW. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 76W  NE TO E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 15N E OF 77W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 
25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 11N FROM 64W TO 82W  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO E OF 85W  N WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
N OF 25N W OF 95W  SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 22N W OF 93W  SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 23N W OF 95W  SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS TO 9 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF 88W  SE WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES