000
FZNT02 KNHC 190354
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE AUG 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE AUG 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED AUG 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU AUG 21.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO HURRICANE WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 25.3N 81.9W 995 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 19
MOVING N OR 360 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS
60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30 NM W SEMICIRCLE
...110 NM NE QUADRANT AND 90 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT
OR GREATER WITHIN 0 NM NE QUADRANT...120 NM SE QUADRANT...30
NM SW QUADRANT...AND 60 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST SEAS 20 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE FAY 26.5N 82.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 45 NM 
W SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 90 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 
FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE...60 NM W SEMICIRCLE.
HIGHEST SEAS 24 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY INLAND NEAR 28.1N 81.3W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 75 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 30 NM W SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12
FT OR GREATER OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE.
HIGHEST SEAS 17 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY OVER WATER JUST E OF NE FL 
NEAR 30.3N 81.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 
NM E SEMICIRCLE. HIGHEST SEAS TO 15 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FAY ON THE SE GEORGIA COAST 
NEAR 31.0N 81.5W. 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 32.0N
82.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT.
.120 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW FAY NEAR 32.0N 84.0W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...OVER FORECAST WATERS S OF 
27N W OF 77W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 24N W OF 
76W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 27N W OF 
77W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 31N57W TO 25N62W MOVING W 10 KT. N OF 27N 
WITHIN 240 NM E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 36W WITH ASSOCIATED LOW NEAR 13N36W
1010 MOVING WNW 13 KT. FROM 14N TO 27N E OF 42W NE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 44W WITH LOW NEAR 14N44W 
1009 MB. FROM 14N TO 28N E OF 45W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL WAVE S OF 21N ALONG 46W WITH LOW NEAR 
14N46W 1009 MB. FROM 15N TO 27N E OF 49W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 85W SE TO S WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...S OF 27N E OF 
85W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 26N TO 29N E OF 83W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 
30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N E OF 84W W TO NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.