000
FZNT02 KNHC 130900
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SAT SEP 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN SEP 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON SEP 15.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE IKE NEAR 29.7N 95.0W 954 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 13 MOVING
NW OR 325 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 95 KT GUSTS 115
KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 125 NM W SEMICIRCLE...225 
NM NE QUADRANT AND 200 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 
WITHIN 480 NM NE QUADRANT...390 NM SE QUADRANT...150 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 0 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 35 FT NE QUADRANT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM IKE INLAND NEAR 34.6N 93.9W.
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 LESS THAN 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE INLAND BECOMING 
EXTRATROPICAL NEAR 42.5N 81.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT 
GUSTS 40 KT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...ABSORBED BY FRONTAL ZONE INLAND.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH 20N75W TO 26N71W TO 29N69W. WITHIN 120 NM E OF 
TROUGH SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 22N78W TO 26N76W. WITHIN 90 NM E OF 
TROUGH SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 23N80W TO 28N80W. WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.ATLC FROM 15N TO 23N E OF 50W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 14N TO 20N BETWEEN 40W AND 55W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 20N TO 23N BETWEEN 45W 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 S OF 18N W OF 85W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 16N BETWEEN 68W 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 68W AND 82W E WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNING...N OF 23N W OF 
84W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS N OF 25 
W OF 85W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN IKE WARNING...N OF 23N W OF 
88W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N91W TO 25N97W. NW OF FRONT N TO 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.