000
FZNT02 KNHC 221022
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC MON FEB 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC MON FEB 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE FEB 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED FEB 24.

.WARNINGS.
...GULF OF MEXICO GALE WARNING...
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N87W TO 27N92W TO 20.5N97W. 
WITHIN 120 NM W OF FRONT S OF 25N NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 14 FT.
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC FRONTAL TROUGH STATIONARY AND WEAKENING FROM 22N35W TO 
20N50W TO 17.5N63W. N OF 28N E OF 61W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF TROUGH E OF 64W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. S 
OF 11N E OF 54W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND 
NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF TROUGH E OF 57W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH DIFFUSE. N OF 28N E OF 56W W 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
18N E OF 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN 
NW SWELL. S OF 11N W OF 54W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N E OF 56W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N E OF 48W W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 
TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 10N E OF 57W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE E OF 58W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N W OF 73W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 69W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT N OF 28N W OF 75W.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N75W TO 25N81W. N OF 28N W OF 
FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. N OF 26N WITHIN 480 NM 
E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT N OF 29N.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N67W TO 20N74W. N OF 28N WITHIN 
300 NM W OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N WITHIN 300 
NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 67W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. W OF 84W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 63W AND 76W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. W OF 84W S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT 30N92W TO 23N98W. FROM 22N TO 27N E 
OF 88W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 28.5N83W TO 23N90W TO 23N98W. WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.42 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF MEXICO NEW COLD FRONT 29N91W TO 27N95W 
TO 23N98W. NW OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N87W TO 27N92W TO 20.5N97W. 
EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...NW OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 10 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.