000
FZNT02 KNHC 240259
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE FEB 24 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FEB 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED FEB 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC SE OF LINE FROM 23N35W TO 18N61W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N E OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SE OF LINE FROM 31N35W TO 25N37W TO 18N57W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N E OF 
62W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 31N35W TO 22N50W TO 
19N63W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND E 
SWELL.   

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N65W TO 23N79W. N OF 30N W OF FRONT TO 75W NW 
TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT 
31N63W TO 27N69W. N OF 28N WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTS MERGED 31N57W TO 21N72W. N OF 26N W OF 
FRONT TO 75W NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. S OF 26N W OF 
FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 30N WITHIN 
180 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT 31N52W TO 25N65W 
TO 22N74W. S OF 29N WITHIN 360 NM W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 77W NE TO E WINDS 25 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 68W 
AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. E OF 68W NE 
TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 16N E 
OF 80W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 16N E OF 
80W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 19N W OF 80W INCLUDING THE YUCATAN CHANNEL...NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 18N BETWEEN 77W AND 84W N TO NE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO SE OF LINE FROM 29N83W TO 21N98W N TO NE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N E OF 85W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 24N W OF 96W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N E OF 86W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 23N W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 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 CANGIALOSI