000
FZNT02 KNHC 172219
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC FRI DEC 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI DEC 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT DEC 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN DEC 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N41W TO 24N46W THEN CONTINUES SW AS A
DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH TO 15N61W. N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 52W 
NW 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN 240 NM NW 
OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW TO N
SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE N OF 10N E OF 69W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NE.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 26N35W TO 21N45W. N OF 27N W
OF FRONT TO 48W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN 
NW SWELL...HIGHEST NE. FROM 15N TO 22N BETWEEN 53W AND 76W NE TO 
E WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT BETWEEN 69W AND 76W E TO SE. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT IN MIXED NW TO N SWELL. ELSEWHERE E OF 60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED E OF AREA. E OF LINE FROM
31N47W TO 25N35W. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
10N E OF 60W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW TO N 
SWELL...HIGHEST E OF 45W.

.ATLC N OF 30N BETWEEN 61W AND 80W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT JUST NW OF AREA. WINDS LESS THAN
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N72W TO 21N76W. N OF 28N 
WITHIN 420 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO
10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 15N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 11N E OF 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM 30N85W TO 27N91W THEN STATIONARY
SW TO 27N95W AND TO 23N97W. NW OF FRONT NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT. S OF 26N E OF 91W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N85W TO LOW NEAR 27N85W 1011
MB THEN CONTINUES SW TO 26N92W TO 19N95W. S OF 27N W OF FRONT
N WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT S OF 26N N 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MOVED E OF AREA. 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 AGUIRRE