000
FZNT02 KNHC 250340
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC MON OCT 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON OCT 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE OCT 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED OCT 27.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.HURRICANE RICHARD NEAR 17.3N 88.6W 981 MB AT 0300 UTC OCT 25 
MOVING WNW OR 285 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OVER LAND 
80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER FORECAST 
WATERS WITHIN 60 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...90 NM NE QUADRANT AND 
50 NM SW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 0 NM OF CENTER 
EXCEPT 120 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 14 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM RICHARD INLAND NEAR 17.6N
89.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM RICHARD INLAND NEAR 18.2N
91.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 0 NM SW QUADRANT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION RICHARD OVER WATER NEAR 
20.4N 93.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. 
.72 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW RICHARD NEAR 22.5N
95.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC FROM 18N TO 28N W OF 50W AND FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 50W 
AND 61W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT...EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 
FT W OF BAHAMAS. N OF 29N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST E OF 70W AND NW OF LINE FROM 18N61W TO 31N45W 
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL W OF 
60W AND 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL E OF 60W.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 21N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N AND NE SWELL. 

.ATLC TROUGH FROM 21N36W TO 14N40W. FROM 21N TO 29N E OF 39W E 
TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 
17N TO 29N E OF 41W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 24N40W 1012 MB WITH TROUGH TO 18N41W. 
FROM 24N TO 30N E OF 41W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND E SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF 43W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 25N42W 1011 MB WITH TROUGH FROM 
30N40W TO 22N45W. N OF 25N E OF TROUGH TO 35W E TO SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. N OF 25N W OF TROUGH TO 50W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 18N E OF 50W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. 

.CARIBBEAN EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...S OF 20N W OF 83W WINDS 
20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 84W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

.CARIBBEAN N OF 13N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.GULF OF MEXICO 18 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 95W S TO SW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N W OF 94W S WINDS 20 TO 25 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 AL/CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.