000
FZNT02 KNHC 290912
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI 
0430 UTC MON DEC 29 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON DEC 29.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE DEC 30.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED DEC 31.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC NE OF LINE 21N35W TO 31N55W NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 
TO 21 FT IN N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 31N43W. ELSEWHERE N OF 
21N E OF 70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. 
S OF 21N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD 31N72W TO 28N80W. W OF FRONT NW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 28N WITHIN 600 NM E OF FRONT SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. NE OF LINE 23N35W TO 31N53W 
NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 13 TO 23 FT IN N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS 
NEAR 31N40W. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 22N E OF 72W NE TO E WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N51W TO 25N60W. NW OF FRONT NW TO 
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT. N OF 28N WITHIN 600 NM E 
OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 15 N E OF 62W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 
15 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 15N NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 
FT IN NE SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN...FROM 10N TO 18N E OF 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT 
AND TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO FRONTAL TROUGH 30N86W TO 26N93W TO 19N96W. NW
OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DIFFUSE. S OF 21N W OF 94W NW TO N  
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.42 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 NELSON