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FZNT02 KNHC 231554
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC SAT MAR 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT 31N48W TO 24N55W TO 19N65W. N OF 28N WITHIN 240 
NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 29N 
W OF FRONT TO 65W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY 
IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N40W TO 22N52W. N OF 28N WITHIN 
240 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. N OF 
26N W OF FRONT TO 60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING FRONT 29N35W TO 23N44W. N OF 25N W 
OF FRONT TO 50W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY 
IN NW SWELL.

.ATLC S OF 15N E OF 50W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT ELSEWHERE E OF LINE 25N35W TO 10N60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12N E OF 50W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 
FT IN MIXED N AND NE SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N W OF 75W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 62W SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT N OF 29N W OF 70W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N76W TO 25N80W. N OF 27W BETWEEN 
50W AND 70W SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. N OF 27N 
BETWEEN 70W AND COLD FRONT W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT. NW OF COLD FRONT W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT.  

.CARIBBEAN N OF 16N W OF 84W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO 18 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W S 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N92W TO 25N97W N OF 23N E OF 88W 
S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. NW OF COLD FRONT NW WINDS 25 
TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 26N82W TO 22N90W TO 19N94W. N OF 
22N W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.  
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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.FORECASTER COBB. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.