000
FZNT02 KNHC 162025
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SUN OCT 16 2016

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SUN OCT 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON OCT 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE OCT 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 31N41W TO 21N55W TO 21N66W THEN SHEAR LINE
TO 21N77W. N OF LINE FROM 29N35W TO 21N48W TO 24N73W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 18 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL... HIGHEST SEAS
NEAR 31N49W.
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N39W TO 22N48W TO 21N55W
THEN SHEAR LINE TO 21N67W TO 21N77W. N OF 28N WITHIN 90 NM E OF
FRONT SW WINS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM
25N35W TO 20N55W TO 27N72W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT
PRIMARILY IN N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 31N48W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N40W TO 21N48W THEN
SHEAR LINE TO 21N62W TO DEVELOPING LOW PRES 23N74W 1010 MB. N OF
LINE FROM 19N35W TO 16N55W TO 27N75W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8
TO 15 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 31N50W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N37W TO 21N47W TO 25N65W
TO LOW PRES 24N67W 1009 MB WITH TROUGH SW TO 20N74W. WITHIN 210
NM NW SEMICIRCLE OF LOW NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM 09N35W TO 07N56W TO 
27N80W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
 
.CARIBBEAN 36 HOUR FORECAST ATLC PASSAGES N OF 15N E OF 67W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NE OF LINE FROM 18N68W TO 12N61W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.