000
FZNT02 KNHC 160348
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC WED DEC 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU DEC 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI DEC 18.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO GALE WARNING...
.06 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 30N84W TO 28N90W TO 25N95W TO 
20N97W.  S OF 28N WITHIN 90 NM W OF FRONT  N WIND 25 TO 35 KT.  
SEAS 12 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES CENTER AT 26N95W 1012 MB WITH COLD 
FRONT TO 18N94W.  WITHIN 90 NM W SEMICIRCLE OF LOW PRES CENTER 
AND W OF COLD FRONT  N TO NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES AT 27N91W 1009 MB.  WITHIN 90 NM NW 
QUADRANT OF LOW PRES  NE WIND 30 TO 35 KT.  SEAS 14 FT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC LOW PRES 1012 MB 31N44W WITH COLD FRONT TO 26N50W THEN 
STATIONARY TO 31N64W.  N OF FRONT E OF 53W  NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 14 FT IN N SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 15N E OF 62W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NE PART.  S OF 
15N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES NE OF AREA WITH COLD FRONT FROM 
27N35W TO 24N44W THEN STATIONARY TO 28N50W.  WITHIN 240 NM SE OF 
FRONT E OF 40W  W WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE E OF 52W 
AND S OF 20N FROM 52W TO 61W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT 
IN N SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  E OF 40W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEA 9 FT IN 
N SWELL.

.ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO 27N80W.
NW OF FRONT  N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.   
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N57W TO 28N65W TO 25N70W.  
N OF 28N  N TO NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN N SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N45W TO 22N65W.  N OF 28N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.  N OF COLD 
FRONT TO 52W  NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE 
N OF 25N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN N SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN...FROM 10N TO 18N BETWEEN 65W AND 82W  E WIND 20 TO 
25 KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COLOMBIA.  SEAS TO 12 FT IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 65W AND 81W  E WIND 
20 EXCEPT TO 25 KT NEAR COLOMBIA.  SEAS 10 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO  COLD FRONT  30N85W TO 25N96W TO 22N97W.  W OF 
FRONT  N WIND 25 KT.  SEAS 8 FT. 
.06 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...W OF LOW PRES 
AND W OF FRONT  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF FRONT E OF 
95W  NE WIND 25 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  N OF 20N W OF 95W  N 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...W OF LOW PRES 
AND W OF TRAILING COLD FRONT FROM LOW PRES TO 19N92W  N TO NE 
WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.