000
FZNT02 KNHC 170232
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC SAT APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON APR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N41W TO LOW NEAR 22N47W 1010 MB THEN SW 
TO 17N55W. FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 17N55W TO 11N62W. N OF 27N W OF 
FRONT TO 63W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT. S OF 
27N W OF FRONT TO 63W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE 
S OF 27N W OF 63W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT EXPECT E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT 
W OF 78W. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL E OF BAHAMAS AND ACROSS THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. WITHIN 120 NM SE AND S QUADRANT OF LOW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 26N E OF FRONT TO 36W S TO SW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF 40W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 28N35W TO 20N43W THEN FRONTAL 
TROUGH TO 14N60W. N OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 52W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 27N BETWEEN 52W AND 
62W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 22N 
N OF FRONTAL TROUGH TO 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
N SWELL. S OF 22N E OF BAHAMAS TO 65W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
N OF 22N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 21N35W TO 14N42W 
THEN DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH TO 14N60W. N OF 27N E OF 50W W 
TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT. S OF 20N W OF TROUGH 
NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF TROUGH TO 55W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN N OF 18N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
IN E SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS IN AND NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL. N OF 14N 
E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT...INCLUDING THE ATLC 
PASSAGES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 17N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT ACROSS THE ATLC PASSAGES. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 17N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO S OF 26N E OF 90W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT. N OF 25N W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN SE SWELL. FROM 22N TO 25N BETWEEN 90W AND 95W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 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.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.