000 FZNT02 KNHC 040343 HSFAT2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0430 UTC THU SEP 04 2008 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. PAN PAN ATLANTIC BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC THU SEP 04. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI SEP 05. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT SEP 06. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM HANNA NEAR 23.2N 72.1W 989 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 04 MOVING NNW OR 335 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 250 NM NE QUADRANT...200 NM SE QUADRANT...30 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 230 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 250 NM NE QUADRANT...240 NM SE QUADRANT...0 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 330 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 23 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM HANNA NEAR 26.9N 75.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 250 NM NE QUADRANT...175 NM SE QUADRANT...50 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 200 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 360 NM N SEMICIRCLE...240 NM SE QUADRANT...AND 60 NM SW QUADRANT WITH HIGHEST SEAS TO 27 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE HANNA NEAR 32.0N 79.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 175 NM NE QUADRANT...150 NM SE QUADRANT...100 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 420 NM SE SEMICIRCLE WITH HIGHEST SEAS TO 29 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM HANNA INLAND NEAR 39.5N 74.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST EXTRATROPICAL LOW HANNA NEAR 46.5N 63.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST EXTRATROPICAL LOW HANNA NEAR 49.0N 47.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE IKE NEAR 22.1N 54.1W 948 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 04 MOVING WNW OR 295 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT GUSTS 140 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 140 NM N SEMICIRCLE...100 NM SE QUADRANT AND 75 NM SW QUADRANT.SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 360 NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...75 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 300 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 32 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE IKE NEAR 24.0N 58.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT GUSTS 130 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER. HIGHEST SEAS TO 30 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE IKE NEAR 23.8N 63.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 150 NM N SEMICIRCLE...125 NM SE QUADRANT AND 100 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 420 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 180 NM S SEMICIRLCE WITH HIGHEST SEAS TO 34 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE IKE NEAR 22.5N 68.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE IKE NEAR 22.5N 72.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE IKE NEAR 24.0N 75.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT GUSTS 140 KT. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE NEAR 13.9N 30.7W 1000 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 04 MOVING W OR 275 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 90 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM N SEMICIRCLE...60 NM SE QUADRANT AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 20 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE NEAR 14.6N 34.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER. HIGHEST SEAS TO 18 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE NEAR 15.5N 39.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 45 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES. HIGHEST SEAS TO 15 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION JOSEPHINE NEAR 17.0N 44.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION JOSEPHINE NEAR 18.5N 48.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION JOSEPHINE NEAR 21.5N 53.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST... .ATLC EXCEPT AS NOTED IN HANNA WARNINGS...FROM 18N TO 29N W OF 61W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 13 FT IN E SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN HANNA WARNINGS...W OF 65W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 15 FT IN S SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN HANNA WARNINGS...N OF 26N W OF 67W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 15 FT IN S AND SW SWELL. .ATLC EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNINGS...WITHIN 480 NM NE AND 60 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 19N E OF 48W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNINGS...WITHIN 420 NM NE AND 60 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 14N TO 20N BETWEEN 43W AND 55W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N BETWEEN 60W AND 64W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY E SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNINGS...WITHIN 300 NM NE AND 90 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 14N TO 25N BETWEEN 45W AND 58W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N BETWEEN 62W AND 67W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY E SWELL. .ATLC FROM 14N TO 19N E OF 40W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN JOSEPHINE WARNINGS...WITHIN 480 NM N SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN JOSEPHINE WARNINGS...420 NM N SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .CARIBBEAN BETWEEN 63W AND 77W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT N OF 15N BETWEEN 66W AND 73W AND IN WINDWARD PASSAGE. .24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 67W AND 75W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16N BETWEEN 68W AND 78W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .GULF OF MEXICO S OF 25N E OF 83W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. $$ .FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.