000
FZNT02 KNHC 180330
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT DEC 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT DEC 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN DEC 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON DEC 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N38W TO 24N44W THEN DISSIPATING FRONTAL 
TROUGH TO 15N57W. 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 31N35W TO 24N37W TO 20N42W. N 
OF 27N W OF FRONT TO 44W 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
31N42W TO 26N35W. NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 10N E OF 58W 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 31N69W TO 20N75W. N OF 28N 
WITHIN 420 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT...HIGHEST N OF 29N. 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.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM 30N86W TO 28N88W THEN STATIONARY 
SW TO 28N93W TO 23N97W. NW OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 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. AREAS OF FOG WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM
N OF 26N W OF FRONT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N84W TO LOW NEAR 28N86W 1011 
MB AND SW TO 26N92W TO 19N95W. S OF 27N W OF FRONT N WINDS 20 KT 
EXCEPT S OF 24N 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