000
FZNT02 KNHC 252054
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SUN DEC 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON DEC 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE DEC 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC S OF 22N BETWEEN 72W AND 75W...INCLUDING ATLC APPROACH TO 
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 28N35W TO 25N74W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED N AND NE SWELL. N OF LINE FROM
31N43W TO 24N60W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY 
IN N SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST S OF 25N W OF 72W...INCLUDING ATLC APPROACH TO
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT
IN EXPOSED WATERS. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 180 NM OF LINE FROM 24N74W
TO 11N39W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED
N AND E SWELL. N OF 22N E OF 41W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8
FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 23N W OF 71W...INCLUDING ATLC APPROACH TO
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT
IN EXPOSED WATERS. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 180 NM OF LINE FROM 24N75W
TO 15N56W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED
N AND E SWELL. N OF 29N BETWEEN 58W AND 64W NE WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 16N TO 29N BETWEEN 55W AND 78W...
INCLUDING ATLC APPROACH TO CARIBBEAN PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN EXPOSED WATERS. N OF LINE FROM 31N39W
TO 25N55W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER
ATLC BOUNDED BY 31N38W TO 22N57W TO 13N49W TO 11N60W TO 25N75W
TO 31N64W TO 31N38W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY
IN MIXED N AND E SWELL. N OF 29N BETWEEN 58W AND 64W NE WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED N AND E SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N E OF 43W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 10 TO 16 T IN N SWELL. REMAINDER ATLC BOUNDED BY 31N61W TO
31N35W TO 29N35W TO 11N50W TO 11N61W TO 22N72W TO 31N61W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED N AND E SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN N OF 10.5N BETWEEN 68W AND 81W...INCLUDING THE
WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF NW COAST OF COLOMBIA NE WINDS
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 10.5N BETWEEN 66W
AND 82W...INCLUDING ATLC PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 10N BETWEEN 67W AND 82W...INCLUDING THE
WINDWARD AND MONA PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO
11 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 120 NM OF NW COAST OF COLOMBIA NE WINDS
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 09.5N E OF
82W...INCLUDING NORTHERN PASSAGES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 18N BETWEEN 68W AND 82W NE TO E WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.

.GULF OF MEXICO FROM 23N TO 25N E OF 85W...INCLUDING THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 23N TO 24N E OF 83W...INCLUDING THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

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.FORECASTER NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.