000 FZNT02 KNHC 011013 HSFAT2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC WED SEP 01 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0600 UTC WED SEP 01. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU SEP 02. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 03. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE EARL NEAR 24.0N 71.2W 941 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 01 MOVING NW OR 310 DEG AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 175 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 120 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 440 NM NE QUADRANT...300 NM SE QUADRANT...210 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 420 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 47 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE EARL NEAR 28.5N 74.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM E SEMICIRCLE...125 NM SW QUADRANT AND 175 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 470 NM NE QUADRANT...420 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS...AND 270 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 46 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE EARL NEAR 34.6N 74.4W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT GUSTS 130 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM E SEMICIRCLE...140 NM SW QUADRANT AND 175 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 440 NM E SEMICIRCLE... 300 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 270 NW QUADRANT OVER FORECAST WATERS WITH SEAS TO 45 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE EARL NEAR 42.0N 68.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL EARL NEAR 50.0N 61.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL EARL NEAR 57.0N 58.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 17.4N 60.2W 1004 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 01 MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE...0 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 0 NM S SEMICIRCLE...180 NM NE QUADRANT AND 240 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 15 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 21.2N 64.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE...50 NM SW QUADRANT AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITH SEAS TO 16 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 26.3N 67.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITH SEAS TO 15 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 29.2N 67.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIONA NEAR 31.5N 67.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN EARL WARNINGS...S OF 29N BETWEEN 60W AND 79W...AND FROM 14N TO 25N BETWEEN 52W AND 60W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 29N BETWEEN 58W AND 74W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 29N W OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 25N W OF 67W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 27N BETWEEN 68W AND 78W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 23N BETWEEN BAHAMAS AND 61W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10FT IN MIXED SWELL. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FIONA WARNINGS...WITHIN 540 NM NE AND 180 NM SE QUADRANTS OF FIONA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FIONA WARNINGS...FROM 18N TO 25N BETWEEN 60W AND 67W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FIONA WARNINGS...FROM 24N TO 28N BETWEEN 64W AND 68W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .ATLC FROM 16N TO 24N E OF 40W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .GULF OF MEXICO E OF 89W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 65W AND 70W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 64W AND 71W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. $$ .FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.