000
FZNT02 KNHC 100927
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN OCT 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON OCT 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE OCT 12.

.WARNINGS.

...ATLC TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM OTTO NEAR 35.3N 45.0W 987 MB AT 0900 UTC OCT 10
MOVING ENE OR 065 DEG AT 34 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT
GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE
QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...120 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 75 NM 
NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 480 NM W SEMICIRCLE... 
300 NM NE QUADRANT AND 180 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 24 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL OTTO NEAR 41.5N 
32.4W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. WARNING 
CONDITIONS SHIFTED N OF AREA.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN OTTO WARNING...OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 
450 NM S SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 25N FROM 43W TO 63W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 23N E OF 55W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 27N E OF 50W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.ELSEWHERE N OF 17N E OF 45W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN N SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE N OF 09N E OF 43W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20N E OF 40W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN LOW PRES 13N81W 1007 MB MOVING W 4 KT. TROUGH FROM 
LOW CENTER TO 17N80W TO 20N76W. WITHIN 60 NM NW QUADRANT OF LOW 
CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM 
W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...14N83W 
1007 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW CENTER TO 20N79W. WITHIN 60 NM OF LOW 
CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM 
W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...16N84W 
1007 MB. WITHIN 90 NM OF LOW CENTER WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
FT. 

.CARIBBEAN 18 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15N E OF 73W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST BETWEEN 64W AND 72W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT.

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

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.