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FZNT02 KNHC 040248
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                              
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  
O430 UTC MON AUG 04 2014

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

PAN PAN

ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC MON AUG 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE AUG 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED AUG 06.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM BERTHA NEAR 24.9N 73.2W 1007 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG
04 MOVING N NW OR 335 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT
GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 140 NM NE
QUADRANT...100 NM SE QUADRANT AND 40 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT
OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM NE QUADRANT...240 NM SE QUADRANT AND
60 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 21 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 150 NM NE
AND WITHIN 90 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. REMAINDER ATLC WITHIN 180 NM SE AND WITHIN 120 NM NW 
SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
SCATTERED TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE BERTHA NEAR 30.8N 73.4W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 140 NM NE QUADRANT...100 NM SE QUADRANT...20 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 50 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN
120 NM E AND WITHIN 180 NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 25 FT.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 210 NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO
11 FT. REMAINDER FORECAST WATERS N OF 28N BETWEEN 71W AND 78W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL. SCATTERED
TSTMS WITHIN 240 E SEMICIRCLE. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE BERTHA WELL N OF AREA NEAR 36.9N
69.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITHIN 140 NM NE QUADRANT...120 NM SE QUADRANT...80
NM SW QUADRANT...AND 60 NM NW QUADRANT. CONDITIONS SHIFT N OF
AREA. 
.72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM BERTHA NEAR 42.2N 59.5W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE.
.96 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL BERTHA NEAR 47.5N
50.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT.
.120 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL EXTRATROPICAL BERTHA NEAR 49.5N
40.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 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 FROM 14N TO 20N BETWEEN 48W AND 61W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED N...NE AND SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF 18N60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND SE SWELL.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 12N TO 17.5N BETWEEN 69W AND 76W E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 17.5N BETWEEN 69W AND 80W E WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11.5N TO 13N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W NE TO E
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 18N 
BETWEEN 70W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 74W AND 75W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN
72W AND 82W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN E SWELL.

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.FORECASTER NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.