000
FZNT02 KNHC 090943
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT OCT 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC SAT OCT 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN OCT 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON OCT 11.

.WARNINGS.

...ATLC HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE OTTO NEAR 29.2N 58.5W 977 MB AT 0900 UTC OCT 09 
MOVING NE OR 055 DEG AT 21 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT 
GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 110 NM NE 
QUADRANT...190 NM SE QUADRANT...45 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 65 NM NW 
QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 270 NM S SEMICIRCLE... 
300 NM NE QUADRANT AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 29 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE OTTO NEAR 34.3N 48.3W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 130 NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...100 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 
120 NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...420 NM SW QUADRANT AND 
240 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 27 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL OTTO NEAR 41.3N 
33.4W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. WARNING 
CONDITIONS SHIFTED N OF AREA.


.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OTTO WARNING...OVER ATLC FORECAST WATERS 
WITHIN 390 NM NW AND 450 NM SE SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 21N TO 27N BETWEEN 60W AND 72W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 28N BETWEEN 45W AND 55W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT IN SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OTTO WARNING...OVER ATLC 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 450 NM S SEMICIRCLE 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 23N BETWEEN 49W AND 62W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N E OF 55W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 16 FT IN NE SWELL.

.ELSEWHERE E OF LINE FROM 31N50W TO 23N35W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE N OF 17N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 23N WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN TROUGH 17N75W TO LOW PRES 14N79W 1009 MB TO 10N82W. 
NW OF TROUGH TO 17N E OF 84W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 20N77W TO LOW PRES 15N79W 1009 MB TO 
09N81W. NW OF TROUGH TO 15N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 20N79W TO LOW PRES 15N80W 1009 MB TO 
09N81W. NW OF TROUGH FROM 12N TO 14N N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.