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FZNT02 KNHC 040230
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                              
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                          
0430 UTC THU APR 04 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU APR 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 06.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC SE OF A LINE FROM 31N39W TO 20N52W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF A LINE FROM 24N35W TO 20N53W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF A LINE FROM 20N35W TO 18N50W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL.

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES AND COLD FRONT W OF AREA 
APPROACHING. N OF A LINE FROM 31N73W TO 29N81W SE TO S WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES N OF AREA. COLD FRONT FROM 31N79W TO 
29N81W. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 28N75W TO 31N70W S TO 
SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. W OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N75W TO 27N77W TO 23N81W. N 
OF 27N E OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 27N74W TO 31N65W S TO SW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.CARIBBEAN WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 15N76W TO 15N67W TO 11N67W 
TO 12N76W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN S OF 18N BETWEEN 85W AND 87W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
HONDURAS...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO WARM FRONT FROM 28N85W TO 29N90W TO LOW PRES 
NEAR 28N91W 1009 MB. COLD FRONT FROM LOW TO 25N94W TO 21N97W. S 
OF WARM FRONT TO 25N BETWEEN 85W AND 87W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS N OF 26N E OF A 
LINE FROM 26N94W TO 29N90W. WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE HIGHER NEAR 
TSTMS.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WARM FRONT FROM 30.5N86W TO LOW PRES NEAR 
29N88W 1008 MB. COLD FRONT FROM LOW TO 26N93W TO 19N95W. N OF 
22N W OF FRONT W OF 93W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES INLAND NEAR 31N85W 1006 MB. COLD 
FRONT FROM LOW TO 26N86W TO 18N94W. N OF 26N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. W OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N92W TO 
20N97W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES WELL NE OF AREA. COLD FRONT SE OF 
AREA. S OF 28N E OF 87W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW 
TO N SWELL.

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

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.