000
FZNT02 KNHC 211355
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC TUE APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE APR 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED APR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU APR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N78W TO 27N80W. W OF FRONT NW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 27N WITHIN 420 NM E OF FRONT S WINDS 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N71W TO 22N77W. N OF 28N W OF 
FRONT W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 27N WITHIN 420 NM E 
OF FRONT S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N65W TO 20N74W. N OF 30N WITHIN 
180 NM E OF FRONT S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  

.ATLC TROUGH 31N47W TO LOW PRES 26N56W 1022 MB. WITHIN 480 NM W 
OF TROUGH NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N35W TO 27N55W. N OF FRONT NE TO 
E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 28N35W TO 24N45W. W OF FRONT TO 53W 
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN NE SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 22N NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH E 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 19N W OF 40W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS  
TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 19N W OF 37W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN E SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 68W AND 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 18N E OF 82W
NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT 26N81W TO 20N89W. S OF 25N E OF 85W W 
TO NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N W OF 95W SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 92W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.