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FZNT02 KNHC 261607
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT APR 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 28.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO GALE WARNING...
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N85W TO 20N97W. S OF 25N W OF 
FRONT N WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N51W TO 22N58W THEN TROUGH TO 18N63W. N OF 
24N E OF FRONT TO 42W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT. N OF 28N E OF 42W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF 28N W 
OF FRONT TO 65W W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING FRONT 31N47W TO 24N55W. N OF FRONT E 
OF 65W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. N OF 28N 
WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N48W TO 25N49W. N OF 23N W OF 
TROUGH TO 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. 
N OF 29N WITHIN 120 NM E OF TROUGH SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT.

.ATLC S OF 20N E OF 45W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 13N E OF 55W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE 25N35W TO 7N55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 13N E OF 55W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

.ATLC 48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 75W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S OF 23N W OF 62W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 18 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 67W AND 75W E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 17N E OF 77W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 27N BETWEEN 84W AND 94W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N92W TO 25N98W. NW OF FRONT N 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS. W OF FRONT N 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.