000
FZNT02 KNHC 250315
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED MAR 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N48W TO 25N51W TO 21N57W. N OF 27N E OF FRONT 
TO 42W S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N46W TO 18N53W. WITHIN 180 
NM E OF TROUGH S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MERGED WITH COLD FRONT AS DESCRIBED 
BELOW. 

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N56W TO 26N70W TO 31N80W. N OF FRONT NW 
TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 25N W 
OF 62W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST 31N51W TO 17N62W. N OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 68W W 
TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL. SW OF 
LINE 31N77W TO 20N65W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N46W TO 16N52W. N OF 25N WITHIN 
270 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN 
N SWELL. N OF 25N W OF FRONT TO 65W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 15 TO 20 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 29N W OF 78W SE TO S WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT E OF BAHAMAS 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 13N E OF 52W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10N E OF 50W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 17N BETWEEN 68W AND 75W...AND ALONG THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT ALONG COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE W OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 80W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA...AND TO 9 FT IN N SWELL 
NEAR ATLC PASSAGES.

.GULF OF MEXICO E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 85W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. E OF 85W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.