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FZNT02 KNHC 090944
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC TUE SEP 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE SEP 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED SEP 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU SEP 11.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE IKE AT 22.0N 82.1W 965 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 09 MOVING W 
OR 280 DEG AT 11 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 70 GUSTS 85 KT. 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 150 NM E SEMICIRCLE...100 NM SW 
QUADRANT AND 170 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 
180 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 150 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 22 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE IKE NEAR 23.5N 85.3W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 85 GUSTS 105 KT.  LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE IKE NEAR 25.0N 88.5W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 95 GUSTS 115 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND 
WITHIN 170 NM N SEMICIRCLE...150 NM SE QUADRANT AND 120 NM SW 
QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 330 NM W AND 270 NM E 
SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 45 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE IKE NEAR 25.5N 93.0W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 100 GUSTS 120 KT.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE.
.96 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE IKE INLAND NEAR 27.0N 97.5W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 100 GUSTS 120 KT.
.120 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM IKE INLAND NEAR 28.0N 100.5W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 40 GUSTS 50 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE 
WARNING...WITHIN 420 NM NE AND WITHIN 240 NM SW SEMICIRCLES  
WIND TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  ATLC ELSEWHERE S OF 27N W OF 72W 
E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT. NUMEROUS TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF CENTER.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNING...WITHIN 360 
NW QUADRANT...AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM OF CENTER  WIND TO 33 
KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  NUMEROUS TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF CENTER.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNING...WITHIN 330 
NM OF CENTER  WIND TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  NUMEROUS TSTMS 
WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER.

.ATLC LOW PRES TROUGH...REMNANTS OF JOSEPHINE...FROM 16N46W TO 
23N50W  N OF 22N WITHIN 240 NM W OF AXIS  NE WIND 20 KT.
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH 18N52W TO 24N54W.  WITHIN 90 NM OF 
TROUGH  E TO SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH 19N58W TO 25N61W.  WITHIN 90 NM OF 
TROUGH  E TO SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN ELSEWHERE FROM 65W TO 75W  SE WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  ELSEWHERE W OF 75W  E TO SE WIND 20 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.