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FZNT02 KNHC 301606
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC MON AUG 30 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

PAN PAN

ATLANTIC BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC MON AUG 30.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE AUG 31.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED SEP 01.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE EARL AT 18.7N 63.6W 960 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 30 MOVING 
W-NW OR 285 DEG AT 13 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 105 GUSTS 130 
KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 160 NM NE QUADRANT...150 
NM SE QUADRANT...100 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 140 NM NW QUADRANT.  
SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 320 NM NE QUADRANT...170 NM SE 
QUADRANT...100 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 160 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS 
TO 32 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE EARL NEAR 21.0N 67.0W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 125 GUSTS 155 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
WITHIN 175 NM NE QUADRANT...160 NM SE QUADRANT...110 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 360 NM 
NE...180 NM SE AND NW...AND 120 NM SW WITH SEAS TO 42 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE EARL NEAR 25.2N 70.6W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 120 GUSTS 145 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
WITHIN 180 NM E SEMICIRCLE...120 NM SW QUADRANT AND 160 NM NW 
QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER 420 NM NE AND 360 NM NW 
QUADRANTS AND 180 S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 42 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE EARL NEAR 31.0N 73.5W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 110 GUSTS 135 KT.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE.
.96 HOUR FORECAST  HURRICANE EARL NEAR 37.5N 71.5W.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WIND 100 GUSTS 120 KT.
.120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE EARL INLAND NEAR 45.5N 63.0W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 75 GUSTS 90 KT.

..SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN EARL WARNINGS...WITHIN 320 NM NE... 
240 NM SE...180 NM SW AND 270 NM NW QUADRANTS  WINDS TO 33 KT. 
SEAS TO 12 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 22N FROM 40W AND 70W  WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MERGING N AND SE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 360 NM 
OF EARLY...EXCEPT 420 NM NE QUADRANT  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 
12 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 18N E OF 73W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SE AND N SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 360 NM 
NW AND 420 NM SE SEMICIRCLES OF EARL  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 
12 FT.

.ATLC LOW PRES NEAR 14N47W 1008 MB MOVING W AT 15 KT.  FROM 14N 
TO 20N BETWEEN 40W AND 48W  NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 
11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
15N53W 1007 MB.  WITHIN 420 NM N SEMICIRCLE  WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.  WITHIN 60 NM S SEMICIRCLE  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
18N61W 1007 MB.  WITHIN 360 NM NE SEMICIRCLE  WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 12 FT.  WITHIN 60 NM SW SEMICIRCLE  WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 
TO 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.