000
FZNT02 KNHC 170329
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT MAY 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SAT MAY 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAY 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAY 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT 31N48W TO 22N56W THEN STATIONARY TO 18N64W. N OF 28N 
WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND SW WIND WAVE. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N 
BETWEEN 46W TO 50W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DIFFUSE. N OF 27N BETWEEN 42W AND 44W S 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC N OF 28N W OF 70W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N78W TO 29N81W. N OF 27N E OF 
FRONT TO 68W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. W OF FRONT W TO 
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT 31N67W TO 30N81W. 
N OF 26N E OF FRONT TO 58W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DIFFUSE. N OF 27N W OF 65W SW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH NW SWELL BETWEEN 55W AND 65W.

.ATLC FROM S OF 14N E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16N NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 65W TO 77W E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S OF 18N W OF 85W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.