000
FZNT02 KNHC 230348
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE SEP 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

SECURITE

ATLANTIC BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC TUE SEP 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED SEP 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU SEP 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY TROUGH 31N76W TO 27N80W.
W OF TROUGH  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  W OF TROUGH  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 
15 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH 31N76W TO 28N81W.
NW OF LINE 31N77W 26N80W  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS.  SEAS 15 FT.
 
.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN  LOW PRES AT 19N69W 1008 MB DRIFT NW.  
WITHIN 240 NM E SEMICIRCLE  WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT.  
ELSEWHERE S OF 26N FROM 65W TO 75W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT. 
HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS NEAR NUMEROUS TSTMS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...21N71W  
1005 MB.  WITHIN 240 NM E SEMICIRCLE  WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 
14 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...23N71W  
1003 MB.  WITHIN 300 NM E SEMICIRCLE  WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 15 
FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 25N FROM 65W TO 75W  SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT.  

.GULF OF MEXICO  24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 27N E OF 90W  
NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 23N FROM 85W TO 90W  NE WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 8 FT. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.