000
FZNT02 KNHC 200258
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC SAT FEB 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SAT FEB 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON FEB 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 29N35W TO 22N55W TO 17N69W TO 20N74W. N OF 22N
E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT. N OF 28N W OF 
FRONT TO 65W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 21 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 26N35W TO 20N55W TO 18N70W. N 
OF 22N E OF TROUGH SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
N OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 60W W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO 20 FT 
IN N SWELL. FROM 19N TO 22N BETWEEN 60W AND 70W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NW OF TROUGH WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH DIFFUSE. N OF 28N E OF 60W W 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
18N E OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN 
N SWELL.

.ATLC SE OF LINE 22N35W TO 10N55W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
FT IN N SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W 
AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 65W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 78W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO FROM 23N TO 28N W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 26N TO 28N W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.36 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 NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.