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High Seas Forecast (Tropical Atlantic)


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FZNT02 KNHC 032109
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC FRI APR 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC FRI APR 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN APR 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC WITHIN 27N55W TO 27N69W TO 23N72W TO 21N67W TO 22N59W TO
24N55W TO 27N55W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN
NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 28N50W TO 27N64W TO 29N69W TO 27N76W 
TO 19N68W TO 20N57W TO 28N50W...INCLUDING ATLC EXPOSURES...WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 25N63W TO 26N71W TO 23N73W TO 21N70W TO
21N67W TO 23N62W TO 25N63W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 
M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 26N57W TO 29N74W TO 26N77W TO 19N69W TO 
19N60W TO 22N56W TO 26N57W...INCLUDING IN ATLC EXPOSURES...WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN NE TO E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 25N63W TO 28N73W TO 27N77W TO 23N76W TO
19N68W TO 19N61W TO 25N63W...INCLUDING IN ATLC EXPOSURES... 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN NE TO E SWELL.

.ATLC AND CARIBBEAN WITHIN 20N72W TO 21N72W TO 21N73W TO 20N76W
TO 19N76W TO 19N75W TO 20N72W...INCLUDING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE 
AND BETWEEN CUBA AND JAMAICA...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.30 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 20N71W TO 20N74W TO 19N74W TO 19N73W TO
20N72W TO 20N71W...INCLUDING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

.ATLC AND GULF OF AMERICA WITHIN 25N80W TO 25N81W TO 24N84W TO
23N84W TO 23N80W TO 24N80W TO 25N80W...INCLUDING STRAITS OF
FLORIDA...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 2.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

.CARIBBEAN WITHIN 13N70W TO 14N71W TO 13N75W TO 11N75W TO 12N72W
TO 11N70W TO 13N70W...INCLUDING 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 13N69W TO 13N74W TO 12N74W TO 12N72W TO
11N71W TO 12N69W TO 13N69W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... 
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

.GULF OF AMERICA 42 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N92W TO 
27N97W. NW OF FRONT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 2.5 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N89W TO 26N97W. LITTLE 
CHANGE IN CONDITIONS.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.