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FZNT02 KNHC 142201
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU OCT 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU OCT 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI OCT 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT OCT 16.

.WARNINGS.

...GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM PAULA NEAR 22.8N 82.8W 1002 MB AT 2100 UTC OCT 
14 MOVING E OR 090 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT 
GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM NW AND SE 
QUADRANTS...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT 
OR GREATER WITHIN 30 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION PAULA NEAR 23.0N 79.8W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PAULA NEAR 22.5N 
78.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 31N38W TO 27N50W. N OF 29N E OF TROUGH SW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 30N35W TO 26N45W. WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC 12 HOUR TROUGH 31N72W TO 26N766. N OF 29N W OF TROUGH W TO 
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 29N E OF TROUGH TO 68W 
SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT AND TROUGH MERGED FROM 31N69W TO 
25N78W. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 60W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N60W TO 24N76W. N OF 28N E 
OF FRONT TO 55W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 30N W 
OF FRONT TO 70W W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.

.ATLC 12 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN PAULA WARNINGS... 
WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT OF PAULA NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN PAULA WARNINGS...WITHIN 60 
NM OF PAULA WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 18N W OF 83W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST W OF 82W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT N 
OF 17N. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 80W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 12N TO 16N BETWEEN 69W AND 80W E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 69W AND 74W E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO EXCEPT AS NOTED IN PAULA WARNINGS...WITHIN 90 
NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 
26N E OF 88W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. S OF 26N W OF 92W N WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN PAULA WARNINGS...WITHIN 90 
NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N E 
OF 85W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 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 GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.