000
FZNT02 KNHC 180939
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC TUE MAY 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC TUE MAY 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED MAY 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAY 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 18N E OF 43W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 25N35W TO 20N55W AND FROM 12N TO 17N
BETWEEN 55W AND 61W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 22N
BETWEEN 66W AND 71W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 26N E OF 61W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 17N E OF 45W.

.ATLC N OF 27N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 28N71W TO 20N73W. WITHIN 150 
NM E OF TROUGH SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 66W AND 80W AND N OF 16N E OF 
66W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 15N TO 18N W OF 84W
E TO SE 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN 
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 15N W OF 78W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11.5N TO 17N E OF 77W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. FROM 15N TO 18N W OF 84W
E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 66W AND 77W E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 15N W OF 80W E TO SE WINDS
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.