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FZNT02 KNHC 030903
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC FRI SEP 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI SEP 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT SEP 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN SEP 05.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 28.1N 66.7W 1005 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP
03 MOVING N OR 010 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT 
GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 75 NM NE AND 90 
NM SE QUADRANTS. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM E AND 150 
NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 18 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 32.0N 65.0W. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
AND SEAS 12 TO 15 FT WITHIN 60 NM NE AND 75 NM SE QUADRANTS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM FIONA NEAR 36.4N 62.0W. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
AND SEAS TO 12 FT WITHIN 60 NM E SEMICIRCLE.
.72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIONA DISSIPATING NEAR 
41.5N 58.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FIONA WARNING...WITHIN 210 NM E AND 180 
NM W SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N 
OF 28N BETWEEN 69W AND 76W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 
17 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N BETWEEN 63W AND 80W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FIONA WARNING...OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 28N BETWEEN 62W AND 76W SW TO W WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 31N64W TO 28N70W. N OF 28N BETWEEN 60W 
AND 68W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SUBSIDING NW 
SWELL. 

.ATLC LOW PRES REMNANT OF GASTON 14N40W 1009 MB. WITHIN 120 NM 
NE AND 60 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW NEAR 14N43W 1011 MB. WITHIN 180 NM 
NE AND 60 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW NEAR 14N47W 1011 MB. WITHIN 240 NM 
NE AND 90 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 16N TO 18N W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 75W 
E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.