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FZNT02 KNHC 160401
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT DEC 16 2023

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SAT DEC 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN DEC 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON DEC 18.

.WARNINGS.

...ATLC GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 27N78W TO 27N79W TO 27N80W TO 26N80W TO 26N79W TO 26N78W
TO 27N78W NE TO E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT IN NE TO E 
SWELL...HIGHEST IN THE GULFSTREAM. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 29N57W TO 
27N70W TO 30N80W TO 23N80W TO 20N74W TO 29N57W...INCLUDING 
ATLANTIC EXPOSURES...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT 
IN NE SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 31N49W TO 27N68W TO 31N81W
TO 23N80W TO 17N60W TO 26N59W TO 31N49W...INCLUDING IN ATLANTIC 
PASSAGES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30N80W TO 29N81W TO 27N80W TO 26N80W TO
26N78W TO 27N78W TO 30N80W E TO SE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
14 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 31N74W TO 31N81W TO 24N80W TO 
24N77W TO 20N71W TO 23N64W TO 31N74W...INCLUDING ATLANTIC 
EXPOSURES...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN E 
SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 31N55W TO 29N66W TO 25N67W TO 
22N73W TO 18N61W TO 23N55W TO 31N55W...INCLUDING IN ATLANTIC 
PASSAGES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE TO E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 31N75W TO 31N81W TO 30N81W TO 28N80W TO
28N77W TO 29N75W TO 31N75W SW TO W WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 14 TO
23 FT IN S SWELL...HIGHEST N. WITHIN 31N67W TO 31N75W TO 29N76W 
TO 29N74W TO 26N73W TO 28N69W TO 31N67W SE TO S WINDS 30 TO 40 
KT. SEAS 12 TO 19 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 31N76W TO
29N78W TO 31N80W TO 27N80W TO 24N80W TO 27N75W TO 31N76W W TO SW
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
WITHIN 31N38W TO 31N75W TO 26N75W TO 22N68W TO 24N56W TO 31N38W S
TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. 
REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 24N50W TO 31N36W TO 24N56W TO 27N77W TO 
19N68W TO 16N61W TO 24N50W...INCLUDING IN ATLANTIC EXPOSURES AND 
PASSAGES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL.

...ATLC GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 30N35W TO 31N35W TO 31N38W TO 28N39W TO 27N38W TO 27N37W
TO 30N35W S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL. 
WITHIN 31N41W TO 31N42W TO 30N43W TO 30N42W TO 31N41W N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 
31N38W TO 31N46W TO 27N47W TO 27N41W TO 25N39W TO 27N35W TO 
31N38W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN S SWELL.
.06 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 31N53W 1015 MB. WITHIN 31N53W TO
31N54W TO 30N54W TO 30N53W TO 31N53W N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. 
SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 31N45W TO 
31N51W TO 31N55W TO 29N55W TO 31N45W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 14 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. WITHIN 30N35W TO 31N35W TO 31N37W 
TO 29N37W TO 30N35W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN SW 
SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 31N37W TO 31N53W TO 27N55W TO 
29N44W TO 26N38W TO 27N35W TO 31N37W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN MERGING S AND N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 28N49W 1018 MB. WITHIN 31N47W TO
31N51W TO 27N56W TO 27N55W TO 29N52W TO 29N50W TO 31N47W NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN
31N36W TO 31N55W TO 24N55W TO 28N41W TO 31N36W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITION TO MERGE WITH AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE.

...GULF OF MEXICO GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 25N84W TO 25N85W TO 24N85W TO 24N83W TO 25N84W E WINDS 
30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 TO 16 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 
28N80W TO 29N84W TO 29N93W TO 25N92W TO 23N87W TO 24N77W TO 
28N80W...INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 17 FT IN E SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 25N91W TO 
29N94W TO 26N97W TO 21N96W TO 23N84W TO 25N91W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE TO E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 26N85.5W 1000 MB. WITHIN 29N84W 
TO 30N85W TO 29N88W TO 28N88W TO 28N87W TO 28N84W TO 29N84W NE TO
E WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 30N84W TO 30N88W TO 28N89W TO 27N85W TO 24N83W 
TO 25N80W TO 30N84W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN E TO SE
SWELL. WITHIN 28N93W TO 27N96W TO 23N97W TO 19N96W TO 19N94W TO 
23N92W TO 28N93W...INCLUDING WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN NE TO E SWELL. 
REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 27N88W TO 30N87W TO 27N97W TO 23N98W TO 
19N94W TO 24N84W TO 27N88W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES INLAND AND NE OF AREA. WITHIN 30N84W 
TO 30N88W TO 29N88W TO 25N85W TO 24N83W TO 27N82W TO 30N84W NW 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 
27N83W TO 28N87W TO 26N90W TO 23N91W TO 22N86W TO 24N82W TO 
27N83W...INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND IN YUCATAN CHANNEL... 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.CARIBBEAN WITHIN 20N73W TO 20N75W TO 17N72W TO 17N71W TO 17N70W
TO 18N70W TO 20N73W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT. FROM 15N TO 17N BETWEEN 72W AND 77W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
8 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL. N OF 20N BETWEEN 82W AND 87W...INCLUDING
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN
MIXED E AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 22N85W TO 22N86W TO 21N86W TO 21N85W TO
22N85W...INCLUDING IN YUCATAN CHANNEL... WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.