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FZNT02 KNHC 251632
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC FRI DEC 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI DEC 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT DEC 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN DEC 27.

.WARNINGS.

...ATLC GALE WARNING...
.N OF 28N FROM 50W TO 60W  W TO NW WIND 30 TO 40 KT.  SEAS 20 FT 
IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 27 E OF 50W  W WIND 30 TO 40 KT.  SEAS 
28 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 29N E OF 45W  W TO NW WIND 30 TO 40 KT. 
SEAS TO 37 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 31N50W TO 23N60W THEN STATIONARY TO WEAK LOW 
PRES CENTER 1011 MB AT 22N67W.  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...N 
OF 22N NW OF FRONT TO 65W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 18 
FT IN NW SWELL.  N OF 22N W OF 65W E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS 12 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 3 FT W OF BAHAMAS.  N OF 23N E OF 
FRONT TO 45W  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE E OF 61W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 20 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST NE PORTION.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 31N42W TO 20N54W.  EXCEPT AS 
NOTED IN WARNING...N OF FRONT TO 60W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  
SEAS 28 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 29N.  S OF 25N E OF W OF 
60W TO BAHAMAS  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN NE SWELL.  
N OF 25N W OF 60W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL. 
N OF 20N E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 17 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  S OF 20N E OF 60W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 13 FT IN 
NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 31N39W TO 17N55W.  EXCEPT AS 
NOTED IN WARNING...NW OF FRONT  NW TO N WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 
37 FT IN N SWELL...HIGHEST NE PART.  N OF 18N FROM 55W TO 70W   
E TO SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  ELSEWHERE E OF 
BAHAMAS TO 77W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL. 
N OF 24N E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 20 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E OF 60W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.   
SEAS 18 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.

.GULF OF MEXICO  COLD FRONT FROM 29N83W TO 21N87W.  W OF FRONT  
W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT E OF AREA.  S OF 25N W OF 90W  NW 
TO N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.30 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  NEW COLD FRONT FROM 29N90W TO 26N95W TO 
22N97W.  NW OF FRONT N OF 25N  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.  SE OF FRONT N OF 25N TO 89W  SE TO S WIND 20 TO 
25 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 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.