000
FZNT02 KNHC 240405
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC WED FEB 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED FEB 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 26.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO GALE WARNING...
.COLD FRONT 30N91W TO 22N98W.  S OF 27N W OF FRONT  NW TO N WIND 
30 TO 40 KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT SE OF AREA.  WIND BELOW GALE FORCE.

...ATLC GALE WARNING...
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N75W TO 23N79W.  N OF 29N E OF 
FRONT TO 70W  SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.  N OF 29N WITHIN 
90 NM OF FRONT  NW WIND 25 TO 35 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N67W TO 21N74W.  WIND BELOW GALE 
FORCE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH 31N63W TO 21N74W.  WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES 1003 MB AT 25N62W WITH TROUGH SW TO 
19N68W.  WITHIN 240 NM E OF TROUGH  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES 1007 MB AT 26N51W WITH TROUGH SW TO 
16N62W.  WITHIN 240 NM SE QUADRANT OF LOW PRES  SW WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  

.ATLC N OF 29N E OF 50W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 15 FT 
IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE E OF LINE 31N60W TO 23N50W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL.  S OF 23N E OF 50W  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 28N E OF 55W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE E OF LINE 31N60W TO 
20N35W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE N OF 16N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT 28N35W TO 24N55W.  WITHIN 240 NM SE OF 
FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  N OF 
29N NW OF FRONT TO 45W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 50W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...S OF 29N  
W OF FRONT  NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.  WITHIN 240 NM E 
OF FRONT  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 
25 KT.  SEAS 11 FT.  W OF FRONT NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 14 FT 
IN NW SWELL.    
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N64W TO 20N72W.  WITHIN 300 NM 
E OF FRONT  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  W OF 
FRONT TO 80W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 17 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  

.CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 22N80W TO 15N83W.  N OF 
15N W OF FRONT  NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST  CARIBBEAN COLD FRONT 20N73W TO 10N83W.
NW OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...W OF FRONT N WIND 
20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  NW OF FRONT W OF 90W  NW TO N WIND 20 TO 30 
KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  E OF 87W N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 12 FT. 
S OF 26N FROM 87W TO 95W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT 
IN N SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.