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FZNT02 KNHC 152153
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC FRI MAR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC FRI MAR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT MAR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAR 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N54W TO 20N70W. W OF FRONT TO 71W WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N43W TO 23N55W TO 18N68W. 
WITHIN 90 NM W OF FRONT N OF 26N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W OF FRONT TO 67W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL... 
HIGHEST N OF 29N W OF FRONT TO 60W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 28N35W TO 23N42W THEN SHEAR 
LINE TO 20N56W TO 19N65W. N OF 30N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W SW TO W 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF 
FRONT TO 60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
 
.ATLC N OF 25N E OF 40W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 
FT IN MIXED NORTHERLY SWELL. ELSEWHERE NE OF A LINE FROM 22N35W 
TO 31N54W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NE 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. FROM 17N TO 20N BETWEEN 70W AND 76W...INCLUDING THE 
WINDWARD PASSAGE N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 77W NE TO E 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 17N 
BETWEEN 70W AND 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 17N BETWEEN 70W AND 79W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. 

.CARIBBEAN SHEAR LINE FROM 19N72W TO 14N83W. W OF SHEAR LINE... 
INCLUDING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT W OF 80W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SHEAR LINE DISSIPATED. CONDITIONS MERGED.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.