000 FZNT02 KNHC 021627 HSFAT2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1630 UTC THU SEP 02 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 THU SEP 02. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI SEP 03. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT SEP 04. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE EARL NEAR 30.9N 74.8W 932 MB AT 1500 UTC SEP 02 MOVING N OR 355 DEG AT 16 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 120 KT GUSTS 145 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...200 NM NE QUADRANT AND 120 NM SW QUADRANT.SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 300 NM S SEMICIRCLE...420 NM NE QUADRANT AND 320 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 48 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE EARL NEAR 36.5N 73.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 200 NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...120 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 300 NM S SEMICIRCLE...420 NM NE QUADRANT AND 320 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 40 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE EARL NEAR 44.0N 67.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 200 NM E SEMICIRCLE...140 NM SW QUADRANT AND 100 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 420 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT 600 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 36 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL EARL NEAR 53.5N 62.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. ..TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 24.4N 65.8W 1002 MB AT 1500 UTC SEP 02 MOVING NNW OR 330 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 0 NM W SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 250 NM NE QUADRANT...240 NM SE QUADRANT...180 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 28.9N 66.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 33.8N 64.1W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 45 NM W SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER MERGED WITH 12 FT SEA RADII OF EARL AS NOTED ABOVE...SEAS TO 16 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIONA DISSIPATING NEAR 37.9N 61.4W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON NEAR 14.0N 38.9W 1008 MB AT 1500 UTC SEP 02 MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NEAR 14.3N 40.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE...20 NM SE QUADRANT AND 0 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM E AND 45 NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 17 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NEAR 14.7N 43.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 75 NM N SEMICIRCLE...60 NM SE QUADRANT AND 45 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM NE AND 90 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 21 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NEAR 15.0N 46.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE NEAR 15.5N 51.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE NEAR 16.0N 56.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .ATLC EXCEPT AS NOTED IN EARL WARNINGS...OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 500 NM E AND 280 NM W SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N BETWEEN 60W AND 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...N OF 28.5N BETWEEN 70W AND 78W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 18 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW...N OF 22.5N BETWEEN 66W AND 78W...E OF BAHAMAS...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED N AND SE SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN EARL WARNING...N OF 30N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N BETWEEN 65W AND 75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FIONA WARNINGS...FROM 21N TO 27.5N BETWEEN 61.5W AND 66.5W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 20N TO 21N BETWEEN 59W AND 66W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 180 NM SE AND 90 NM NW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...OVER FORECAST WATERS ELSEWHERE N OF 30N BETWEEN 61W AND 65W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. .ATLC...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN GASTON WARNINGS...WITHIN 180 NM NW AND 60 NM SE SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 240 NM NW AND 180 NM SE SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 12N E OF 43W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 240 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. .CARIBBEAN S OF 14N BETWEEN 63W AND 69W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 19N W OF 83W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S OF 15N BETWEEN 68W AND 75W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 19N W OF 83W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. BETWEEN 68W AND 73W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. $$ .FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.