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FZNT02 KNHC 081606
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC MON MAR 08 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC MON MAR 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE MAR 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED MAR 10.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC WEAK COLD FRONT 31N44W TO 22N55W TO 16N62W. FRONTAL TROUGH 
FROM 31N50W TO 23N57W.  N OF 20N WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT  S TO 
SW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NE.  
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF BAHAMAS  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 
12 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N PART.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N37W TO 22N55W THEN STATIONARY 
TO 19N61W.  N OF 27N E OF FRONT  S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  W OF FRONT TO LINE FROM 31N56W TO 20N70W  WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF FRONT
WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT DISSIPATED.  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.ATLC E OF LINE FROM 07N55W TO 20N40W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 13N E OF 50W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 
FT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 13N E OF 55W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 11N E OF 53W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 12N W OF 58W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NE SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 16N62W TO 
11N70W.  WITHIN 180 NM OF TROUGH  NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  SEAS TO 13 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF TROUGH TO 77W  NE 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  ELSEWHERE E OF TROUGH NE TO E WIND 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATING.  S OF 17N W OF 
TROUGH TO 80W  NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 11N FROM 68W TO 77W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO N OF 23N W OF 95W  SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 23N W OF 94W  S WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.