000
FZNT02 KNHC 130322
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT SEP 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT SEP 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN SEP 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON SEP 15.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE IKE NEAR 28.6N 94.4W 952 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 13 MOVING 
NW OR 315 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 95 KT GUSTS 115 
KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 240 NM NE QUADRANT...200 
NM SE QUADRANT...150 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 170 NM NW QUADRANT. 
SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 425 NM E SEMICIRCLE...270 NM SW 
QUADRANT AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 44 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM IKE INLAND NEAR 33.2N 95.3W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 75 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT...50 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 30 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS TO 12 FT FAR NW GULF. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE EXTRATROPICAL INLAND 
NEAR 40.5N 86.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH S OF 28N ALONG 72W/73W. FROM 21N TO 26N WITHIN 300 
NM E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 22N TO 
26N WITHIN 180 NM W OF TROUGH NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 28N72W TO 21N76W. N OF 23N WITHIN 180 
NM E OF TROUGH SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 29N74W TO 23N80W. FROM 23N TO 27N 
WITHIN 120 NM E OF TROUGH SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT. 

.ATLC FROM 15N TO 21N E OF 50W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 14N TO 21N BETWEEN 40W AND 54W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 18N TO 23N BETWEEN 44W AND 55W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN W OF 84W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 16N BETWEEN 69W AND 77W E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNING...N OF 23N W OF 
85W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS WITHIN 
210 NM SE AND WITHIN 150 NM NW SEMICIRCLES OF IKE.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNING...N OF 26N W OF 
90W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS MOVING NW OF AREA. 
.48 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.

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.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.