000
FZNT02 KNHC 261021
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI 
1030 UTC FRI DEC 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI DEC 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT DEC 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN DEC 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 26N AND N OF 26N E OF 60W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. N OF 26N BETWEEN 60W 
AND 72W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR NEW COLD FRONT FROM 31N46W TO 30N53W TO 30N70W.
N OF COLD FRONT E OF 63W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
S OF 26N W OF 60W AND 10N TO 21N BETWEEN 50W AND 60W AND FROM 
12N TO 17N BETWEEN 40W AND 50W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
13 FT IN NW SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 28N35W TO 24N45W TO 24N60W TO 
25N70W. N OF COLD FRONT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.
S OF COLD FRONT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW 
SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 21N E OF 85W
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO
.24 HOUR FORECAST NW OF LINE FROM 30N89W TO 20N96W AND FROM
22N TO 27N E OF 90W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N92W TO 25N97W. NW OF COLD 
FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. SE OF COLD FRONT
SE WINDS TO 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 MT