000
FZNT02 KNHC 180352
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT APR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON APR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N54W TO 24N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE. N OF 27N 
WITHIN 540 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.  
N OF 25N W OF 64W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN 
NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N52W TO 22N62W. N OF 27N WITHIN 
420 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. S OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 74W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N48W TO 21N57W. N OF 30N WITHIN 
240 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL. S 
OF 25N BETWEEN 65W AND 74W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.ATLC S OF 17N E OF 52W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N W OF 78W S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 20N AND S OF 18N W OF 84W E TO SE WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 84W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 16N E OF 80W  
NE TO E WIND TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN WINDWARD PASSAGE N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT OVER W 
WATERS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N E OF 85W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 22N W OF 85W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT IN SE SWELL. 
.48 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.

$$
.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.