000
FZNT02 KNHC 150245
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI OCT 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI OCT 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT OCT 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN OCT 17.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM PAULA NEAR 23.1N 81.4W 1002 MB AT 0300 UTC OCT 
15 MOVING E OR 085 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT 
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM NW AND SE 
QUADRANTS...50 NM NE QUADRANT AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT 
OR GREATER WITHIN 30 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 13 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION PAULA NEAR 23.0N 78.8W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PAULA NEAR 22.0N 
77.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC TROUGH 31N36W TO 27N50W. N OF 29N E OF TROUGH SW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 27N35W TO 26N45W. WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 28N80W. TROUGH 31N72W TO 25N76. 
N OF 30N W OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT AND TROUGH MERGED FROM 31N68W TO 
25N76W. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 63W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS  
8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N66W TO 25N76W. N OF 29N E 
OF FRONT TO 58W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N62W TO 24N75W. N OF 29N E 
OF FRONT TO 55W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N58W TO 22N70W. N OF 30N E 
OF FRONT TO 54W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 30N W OF 
FRONT 72W W TO NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.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.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN PAULA WARNINGS...S OF 
25N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N BETWEEN 76W AND 80W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 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 E OF 90W 
N WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL. S OF 25N 
W OF 90W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 26N E OF 90W N WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 
TO 25 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS TO 9 FT IN STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA. 
.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.