000
FZNT02 KNHC 122218
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC WED MAY 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAY 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAY 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAY 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT NEARLY STATIONARY FROM 31N50W TO 26.5N60W TO 
23.5N70W BECOMING DIFFUSE TO 22N74W. NW OF FRONT TO 27.5N 
BETWEEN 60W AND 74W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 27N BETWEEN 71W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 26N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. FROM 18.5N TO 22N BETWEEN 58W AND 64W 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. FROM 18N TO 26N W OF 60W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST ENTIRE ATLC FORECAST AREA S OF 25N NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN E SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 20N. 

.ATLC S OF 12N E OF 38W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N BETWEEN 40W AND 60W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. S OF 27N E OF 40W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS MERGED WITH FORECAST CONDITIONS 
ABOVE. 

.CARIBBEAN N OF 10.5N BETWEEN 71W AND 81W NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST S PORTIONS. ELSEWHERE N OF 10.5N W 
OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 11N W OF 63W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF MEXICO FROM 20N TO 29N W OF 90W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE E OF 90W TO LINE 26N82W 
TO 28N86W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 28N E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.