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FZNT02 KNHC 121518
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC TUE FEB 12 2013

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE FEB 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED FEB 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU FEB 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N39W TO 25N46W THEN FRONTAL TROUGH TO 17N62W. 
N OF 25N W OF FRONT TO 65W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 
FT IN MIXED N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 31N48W. FROM 20N TO 25N 
WITHIN 240 NM W OF TROUGH NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT 
IN NW TO N SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N W OF TROUGH TO 74W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED N SWELL. N OF 15N 
E OF FRONT AND TROUGH WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED N AND E SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 31N35W TO 22N42W. BETWEEN 35W 
AND LINE FROM 31N65W TO 20N67W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED N AND E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATED. BETWEEN 35W AND 
LINE FROM 29N35W TO 18N62W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN MIXED N SWELL.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 30N BETWEEN 60W AND 70W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. N OF 29N 
W OF 70W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FROM 31N78W TO 29N80W. W OF FRONT W TO NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 28N WITHIN 480 NM E OF 
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FROM 31N73W TO 28N80W. N OF 29N WITHIN 
480 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.  

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 18N BETWEEN 66W AND 80W NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 
TO 13 FT WITH E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N86W TO 
20N97W. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT S OF 
25N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 26N82W TO 19N92W. WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.