000
FZNT02 KNHC 172001
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC MON OCT 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON OCT 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE OCT 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED OCT 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N40W TO 23N45W TO
21N53W THEN SHEAR AXIS TO 22N65W TO DEVELOPING LOW PRES 23N73W
1008 MB WITH TROUGH SW TO 21N76W. N OF LINE FROM 23N35W TO
19N55W TO 27N73W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT PRIMARILY
IN N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 31N50W.
.12 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N38W TO 21N48W THEN
SHEAR AXIS TO 21N55W TO LOW PRES 23N71W 1008 MB WITH TROUGH SW
TO 21N75W. N OF LINE FROM 17N35W TO 15N55W TO 26N78W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N37W TO 21N50W THEN
SHEAR AXIS TO LOW PRES 24N67W 1007 MB WITH TROUGH SW TO 20N74W.
WITHIN 180 NM NE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO
12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM 11N35W TO 11N60W TO 27N79W 
...INCLUDING NE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 
FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 31N37W TO 22N49W...LOW
PRES 26N68W 1007 MB WITH TROUGH SW TO 21N74W. OVER FORECAST
WATERS WITHIN 330 NM NW QUADRANT OF LOW NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30
KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N BETWEEN 60W AND
80W...AND S OF 22N E OF 62W 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 NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.