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FZNT02 KNHC 211604
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT MAR 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT MAR 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT THROUGH 31N74W TO 26N80W.  N OF 26N W OF FRONT 
NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN NE SWELL.  S OF 26N W OF 
FRONT  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  LOW PRES 29N65W 1012 MB.  
WITHIN 300 NM E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW PRES  WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS 10 FT IN NE SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 31N58W TO 18N67W.  N OF 25N  
W OF FRONT  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF 
FRONT  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 13 FT E OF BAHAMAS.  N OF 29N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT THROUGH 31N57W TO 22N59W.  NW OF FRONT 
E OF 65W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT IN NE SWELL.  N OF 
27N E OF FRONT TO 52W  S WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN N SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 17N E OF 55W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 19N E OF 50W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT 
IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 15N FROM 40W TO 55W  WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 FT IN N SWELL.

.ATLC E OF 65W N OF 18N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT
IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE.  E OF 65W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE.  E OF 60W S OF 20N 
WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 14N E OF 78W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT 
NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 8 FT W OF 70W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 14N FROM 72W TO 80W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  N OF 18N E OF 83W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 72W TO 83W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO  N OF 27N E OF 90W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  E OF 90W  E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.