000
FZNT02 KNHC 100242
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SUN OCT 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SUN OCT 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON OCT 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE OCT 12.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM OTTO NEAR 33.9N 48.7W 988 MB AT 0300 UTC OCT 10
MOVING ENE OR 060 DEG AT 33 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT
GUSTS 75 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 E
SEMICIRCLE...480 NM SW QUADRANT AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS
TO 28 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WARNING CONDITIONS SHIFTED N OF AREA.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OTTO WARNING...OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF A 
LINE FROM 24N55W TO 29N41W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 23N E OF 63W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN PRIMARILY N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 24N E OF 57W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN PRIMARILY N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 26N E OF 50W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. 

.FROM 18N TO 23N E OF 44W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 24N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 17N E OF 40W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN LOW PRES 13.5N81W 1007 MB MOVING W 4 KT. TROUGH FROM 
LOW CENTER TO 20N78W. WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 17N BETWEEN 81W AND 84W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 18NW OF TROUGH TO 82W NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...14N83W 
1007 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW CENTER TO 20N79W. OVER FORECAST WATERS 
WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE...W OF TROUGH TO 83W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...15N86W 
1007 MB. OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

.CARIBBEAN 24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 73W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N BETWEEN 63W AND 71W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER AL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.