000
FZNT02 KNHC 170926
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC SUN MAR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N37W TO 25N43W TO 20N55W THEN SHEAR LINE 
TO 18N63W. W OF FRONT TO 43W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT AND SHEAR LINE TO 65W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 20N W OF 65W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 23N35W TO 20N44W. 
SHEAR LINE FROM 22N50W TO 19N60W TO 18N63W. NW OF SHEAR LINE TO 
A LINE FROM 23N50W TO 19N68W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 31N35W TO 23N50W TO 
22N55W TO 31N60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE 
AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. WEAKENING SHEAR LINE 
FROM 19N50W TO 17N62W. WITHIN 180 NM N OF SHEAR LINE WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NE SWELL. N OF 30N E OF 50W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
 
.ATLC N OF 30N W OF 65W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 15N BETWEEN 67W AND 76W...INCLUDING THE WINDWARD 
AND MONA PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S 
OF 15N BETWEEN 68W AND 79W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 
30 KT WITHIN 120 NM OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT... 
HIGHEST WITHIN 120 NM OF THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE...EXCEPT N OF 18N WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS AND SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10.5N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 78W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN 18 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N W OF 85W...INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF HONDURAS...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE...EXCEPT SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.