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High Seas Forecast (Tropical Atlantic)


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FZNT02 KNHC 300851
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI OCT 30 2026

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 AMERICA

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC FRI OCT 30.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT OCT 31.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN NOV 01.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC WARM FRONT FROM 29N55W TO 31N60W TO LOW PRES NEAR 31N69W 
1011 MB. COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW PRES TO 28N75W THEN STATIONARY 
FRONT TO 27N79W. WITHIN 31N58W TO 31N64W TO 31N70W TO 30.5N72W 
TO 31N58W TO 31N58W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M. 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 30N55W TO 31N68W TO 31N81W TO 27N80W TO 28N74W 
TO 30N73W TO 30N55W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN NE TO
E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM LOW PRES N OF AREA NEAR 34N58W
1007 MB TO 27N70W TO 26N79W. WITHIN 31N65W TO 31N75W TO 30N81W 
TO 26N80W TO 27N72W TO 28N68W TO 31N65W...INCLUDING IN ATLC 
EXPOSURES...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 M. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N50W TO 28N57W THEN 
STATIONARY FRONT TO 25N79W. WITHIN 30N68W TO 31N81W TO 25N80W TO 
25N71W TO 28N70W TO 30N68W...INCLUDING IN ATLC EXPOSURES...E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M...INCLUDING WATERS FROM 25N TO
27N BETWEEN S FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS AND LESS THAN 2.5 M 
ELSEWHERE W OF THE BAHAMAS.

.COLD FRONT FROM 25N35W TO 27N46W THEN STATIONARY FRONT TO 
29N55W. WITHIN 31N35W TO 31N55W TO 29N54W TO 27N45W TO 27N41W TO
29N35W TO 31N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN N 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 24N35W TO 
26N45W THEN WARM FRONT TO 31N48W. WITHIN 31N35W TO 31N52W TO 
25N44W TO 24N35W TO 31N35W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT W OF 45W. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY AND WARM FRONTS TO DISSIPATE. 
WITHIN 31N35W TO 31N40W TO 27N39W TO 21N37W TO 24N35W TO 31N35W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN DECAYING N SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN 18 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 13N71W TO 13N75W TO 11N76W TO
11N75W TO 12N72W TO 11N70W TO 13N71W...INCLUDING IN THE GULF OF 
VENEZUELA...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 12.5N71W TO 15N72W TO 14N73W TO 13N77W 
TO 12N76W TO 12.5N71W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN
2.5 M.

.GULF OF AMERICA 48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 29N84W TO 30N86W TO
29N87W TO 28N86W TO 27N85W TO 28N83W TO 29N84W E WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.