000
FZNT02 KNHC 160352
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT AUG 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SAT AUG 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN AUG 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON AUG 18.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 18.7N 70.8W 1008 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 16
MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 90 NM NE QUADRANT
...50 NM SE QUADRANT...0 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT.
SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 75 NM N SEMICIRCLE...50 NM SE 
QUADRANT AND 0 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 17 FT IN NE QUADRANT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 19.3N 75.5W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 60 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...90 NM NE QUADRANT AND 0 NM SW
QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT
30 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 17 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 21.0N 79.5W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 75 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 25 NM
SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 75 NM SE...60 NM NW
...45 NM NE AND 0 NM SW QUADRANTS WITH SEAS TO 18 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE FAY NEAR 24.0N 81.5W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE.
.96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE FAY NEAR 27.5N 83.0W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT.
.120 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY INLAND NEAR 31.0N 84.0W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 240 NM N AND 120 NM S SEMICIRCLES WINDS 
20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 18N TO 25N BETWEEN 
60W AND 71W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...OVER FORECAST
WATERS FROM 17N TO 26N BETWEEN 71W AND 78W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST..EXCEPT AS NOTED WARNINGS...FROM 18N TO 25N 
BETWEEN 75W AND 82W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 51W S OF 20N WITH AN ASSOCIATED LOW 
NEAR 15N50W 1009 MB MOVING W 15 KT. FROM 13N TO 23N BETWEEN 40W 
AND 53W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 54W/55W WITH LOW 17N54W 
1010 MB. FROM 17N TO 30N BETWEEN 45W AND 56W E TO SE 
WINDS...EXCEPT N TO NE S OF 24N W OF 53W. SEAS TO 11 FT IN E TO 
SE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 56W/57W FROM 21N TO 28N.
FROM 22N TO 30N E OF WAVE TO 54W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS
8 TO 10 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. FROM 19N TO 28N W OF WAVE TO 59W NE 
TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.