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FZNT02 KNHC 050305
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT OCT 05 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 0000 UTC SAT OCT 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN OCT 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON OCT 07.
 
.WARNINGS.
...GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM KAREN NEAR 26.4N 90.5W 1002 MB AT 0300 UTC OCT
05 MOVING NNW OR 340 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30 NM W
SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 100 NM SE QUADRANT.  SEAS 12
FT OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT...30 
NM SW QUADRANT...AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 19 FT. 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM NE QUADRANT...120 NM SE QUADRANT...180 
NM W SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KAREN NEAR 28.1N 90.0W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE QUADRANT...20 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 30 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 
210 NM NE QUADRANT...150 NM SE QUADRANT...AND 60 NM W SEMICIRCLE 
WITH HIGHEST SEAS TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 26N BETWEEN 85W AND 
92W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KAREN NEAR 30.5N 86.5W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 90 NM E SEMICIRCLE...60 NM SW QUADRANT AND 50 NM NW 
QUADRANT. N OF 28N BETWEEN 85W AND 87W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 33 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL KAREN NEAR 34.5N
80.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT 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.

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

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.