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FZNT02 KNHC 041532
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI OCT 04 2013

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 FRI OCT 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT OCT 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 06.
 
.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TROPICAL STORM KAREN AT 25.6N 90.2W 1003 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT 04
MOVING N-NW OR 330 DEG AT 9 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 45 GUSTS
55 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...
110 NM SE QUADRANT AND 60 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER
WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 30 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 20
FT.  ELSEWHERE WITHIN 180 NM N AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLES  WINDS TO
33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM KAREN NEAR 27.7N 90.9W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 45 GUSTS 55 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT...30 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 50 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN
120 NM E AND 60 NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 22 FT.  ELSEWHERE 
N OF 25N BETWEEN 86W AND 93W  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM KAREN NEAR 29.8N 88.6W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 55 GUSTS 65 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT...120 NM SE QUADRANT...40 NM SW
QUADRANT AND 60 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN
150 NM E AND 75 NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 24 FT.  ELSEWHERE
N OF 27N FROM 85 TO 90  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL KAREN NEAR 33.5N
83.0W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE 
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE 
AND INTENSITY.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC 48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 29N W OF 77W  SE TO S WINDS 20 TO
25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.