000
FZNT02 KNHC 160309
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC WED MAR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N50W TO 21N65W TO 19N71W. WARM FRONT 
FROM 31N45W TO 27N38W. N OF 25N AND E OF BAHAMAS BETWEEN 65W 
AND 80W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 25N W OF FRONT W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW 
SWELL. N OF 24N WITHIN 180 NM SE OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. WITHIN 15 NM N OF WARM FRONT SE WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N E OF 48W S TO SW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N35W TO 25N50W TO 19N61W. N OF 
25N BETWEEN 50W AND 62W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 
FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N W OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN N SWELL. N OF 23N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 14 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST REINFORCING COLD FRONT 31N35W TO 20N55W TO 
18N61W. N OF 26N W OF FRONT TO 60W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 11 TO 17 FT WITH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT TO 75WW 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. N 
OF 24N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT WITH 
PRIMARILY N SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 12N E OF 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10N E OF 55W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 13N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT. FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N E OF 70W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 70W AND 77W NE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 23N BETWEEN 88W AND 94W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 26N E OF 87W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR S OF 24N W OF 85W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 27N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W AND S OF 23 W OF 
90W N WINDS TO 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 GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.