000
FZNT02 KNHC 122219
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC TUE JAN 12 2010

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE JAN 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED JAN 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU JAN 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT TO 31N45W TO 22N62W THEN DISSIPATING TO 19N69W. 
N OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 51W W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 
12 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 26N E OF FRONT SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL. S OF 23N W OF FRONT TO 71W 
NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS. W OF A 
LINE FROM 27N77W TO 31N71W W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE...W OF FRONT TO 71W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN NE SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N36W TO 
25N58W THEN COLD FRONT TO 19N69W. N OF 26N BETWEEN 60W AND 70W W 
TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N 
BETWEEN 49W AND 60W SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL. E OF 65W W OF A LINE FROM 18N65W TO 27N35W WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N40W TO 23N52W THEN 
STATIONARY TO 18N61W. N OF 26N W OF FRONT TO 62W W TO NW WIND 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. E OF FRONT W OF A LINE 
FROM 23N49W TO 27N35W SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF FRONT WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 68W WIND LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 25N. 

.ATLC S OF 18N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 13N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM HISPANIOLA TO PANAMA. 
W OF TROUGH TO 85W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. E 
OF TROUGH TO 69W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 
16N...LESS THAN 8 FT N OF 16N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATED. FROM 10N TO 20N 
BETWEEN 75W AND 85W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
REMAINDER AREA EXCEPT N OF 14N E OF 67W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 20N BETWEEN 65W AND 85W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 
8 TO 12 FT W OF 73W.

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF MEXICO W OF 93W SE TO S WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

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.FORECASTER AL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.