000
FZNT02 KNHC 242142
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED SEP 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED SEP 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU SEP 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI SEP 26.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N73W TO 26N78W MOVING SLOWLY SE. NW OF FRONT 
N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N75W TO 25N76W. N OF 27N W OF 
TROUGH W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN NE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 26N W OF 72W N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N W OF 75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. 
 
.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN LOW 20N70W 1006 MB DRIFT N. WITHIN 270 NM E 
SEMICIRCLE OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...25N70W 1006 
MB. WITHIN 300 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 60 NM W SEMICIRCLE OF CENTER 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...31N70W 1008 
MB. OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 300 NM NE SEMICIRCLE AND 90 NM 
SW SEMICIRCLE OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 26N BETWEEN 55W AND 71W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 

.48 HOUR FORECAST ATLC COLD FRONT 31N37W 27N55W. W OF FRONT TO 
55W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 25N E OF 95W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N BETWEEN 88W AND 96W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 24N W OF LINE 25N90W TO 18N95W N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 

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

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.