000
FZNT02 KNHC 180954
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC MON AUG 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

PAN PAN

ATLANTIC BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC MON AUG 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE AUG 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED AUG 20.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 22.5N 80.9W 1003 MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 18
MOVING NNW OR 335 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT
GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 0 NM W 
SEMICIRCLE...75 NM NE QUADRANT AND 90 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT 
OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO
16 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 25.1N 82.0W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 50 NM W SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 100 NM SE 
QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM SE QUADRANT WITH
SEAS TO 16 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY INLAND NEAR 28.2N 82.2W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 125 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 60 NM W SEMICIRCLE. SEAS
12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 15 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY INLAND NEAR 31.1N 82.0W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE.
.96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY INLAND NEAR 33.0N
82.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT.
.120 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW FAY NEAR 35.5N 82.5W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 25N W OF 76W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 28N W OF 77W
SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 76W
WINDS WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 30N55W TO 23N57W MOVING W 10 KT. FROM 20N TO 
30N BETWEEN 48W TO TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 24N TO 29N BETWEEN TROUGH 
AND 57W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 31N59W TO 24N60W. N OF 28N
WITHIN 240 NM E OF TROUGH SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC FROM 15N TO 21N E OF 40W NE WINDS TO 20 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 39W WITH ASSOCIATED LOW 
NEAR 13N39W 1009 MB MOVING WNW 10 TO 15 KT. FROM 13N TO 23N
E OF 43W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 13N E OF 40W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 45W S OF 21N WITH 
ASSOCIATED LOW NEAR 15N45W 1008 MB. FROM 15N TO 27N
E OF 50W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 20N BETWEEN
75W AND 82W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 21N BETWEEN 79W AND 84W SE TO S WINDS
TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 24N E OF 85W NE WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...S OF 26N E OF 
85W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...S OF 28N E OF 
85W WINDS WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER MT. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.