000
FZNT02 KNHC 200256
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC FRI AUG 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI AUG 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT AUG 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN AUG 22.


.WARNINGS.

.NONE.
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 12N E OF 40W  SW TO W WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 12N E OF 41W  SW TO W WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 
8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 12N W OF 40W SW TO W 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 
10 FT.  FROM 12N TO 17N E OF 38W  N TO NE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 
8 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 87W MOVE INLAND.  WITHIN 180 
NM E OF WAVE  SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  FROM 12N TO 14N 
W OF 78W  E WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  WIND AND SEAS HIGHER IN 
NUMEROUS TSTMS. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL WAVE INLAND YUCATAN PENINSULA.  W OF 
85W  SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.  FROM 15N TO 19N W OF 84W 
E TO SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 19N W OF 86W E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 06 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 23N FROM 87W TO 93W  E TO 
SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 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.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.