000
FZNT02 KNHC 041600
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC MON AUG 04 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC MON AUG 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE AUG 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED AUG 06.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD NEAR 28.2N 90.6W 1002 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 
04 MOVING W OR 270 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT 
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 30 NM NE QUADRANT.  SEAS 
12 FT OR GREATER IN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. MAX SEAS 
TO 16 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD NEAR 29.1N 94.4W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 30 NM S SEMICIRCLE...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 50 NM NW 
QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER IN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS. MAX SEAS TO 23 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD INLAND NEAR 30.5N 
98.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. 
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 59W WITH ASSOCIATED LOW 1012 MB NEAR 
21N59W MOVING W TO WNW 20 TO 25 KT. WITHIN 420 NM N SEMICIRCLE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 25N E 
OF 55W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 66W S OF 27N MOVING WNW 15 
KT. WITHIN 240 NM OF WAVE AXIS N OF 21N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 24N AND FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 
50W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 72W S OF 28N MOVING WNW TO 
NW 15 KT. WITHIN 180 NM OF AXIS N OF 23N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 20N BETWEEN 45W AND 68W 
NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 70W AND 81W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS TO 11 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 68W AND 83W E WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 72W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS TO 12 
FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 18N W OF 72W. NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 70W MOVING W 15 TO 20 KT. 
W OF AXIS TO 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR 
COAST OF COLOMBIA. E OF AXIS E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...FROM 27N TO 30N 
BETWEEN 88W AND 92W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 26N BETWEEN 87W AND 93W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS SECTION...N OF 
28N W OF 94W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 
27N W OF 92W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER KOSIER/KIMBERLAIN . TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.