000
FZNT02 KNHC 091600
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT OCT 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON OCT 11.

.WARNINGS.

...ATLC HURRICANE WARNING...
.HURRICANE OTTO NEAR 30.7N 55.7W 984 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT 09 
MOVING NE OR 055 DEG AT 25 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT 
GUSTS 80 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 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 29 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM OTTO NEAR 36.2N 44.2W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...170 NM SE QUADRANT...100 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER OVER 
ATLC FORECAST WATERS N OF 26N BETWEEN 42W AND 55W WITH SEAS TO 
22 FT. WARNING CONDITIONS SHIFTED N OF AREA.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OTTO WARNING...OVER ATLC FORECAST WATERS N 
OF 24N BETWEEN 50W AND 63W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N 
OF 26N BETWEEN 42W AND 50W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N BETWEEN 42W AND 70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OTTO WARNING...OVER ATLC 
FORECAST WATERS N OF 28N BETWEEN 38W AND 45W SW WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N E OF 60W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
12 TO 15 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N E OF 53W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL

.ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF 42W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
15 FT IN N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 14N TO 24N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 24N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN LOW PRES 13N79W 1009 MB MOVING W 4 KT. TROUGH FROM 
LOW CENTER TO 20N76W. WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 11N TO 17N BETWEEN 79W AND 84W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 14N81W 1009 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW 
CENTER TO 19N77W. WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 11N TO 15N W OF TROUGH NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 16N82W 1009 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW 
CENTER TO 19N79W. WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN 48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 71W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.