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High Seas Forecast (Tropical Atlantic)


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FZNT02 KNHC 091933
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU APR 9 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU APR 9.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N65W TO 23N80.5W. WITHIN 31N68W TO
31N81W TO 25N80W TO 28N73W TO 31N68W...INCLUDING ATLANTIC 
EXPOSURES...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3.5 TO 4.5 M IN NE TO E 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 31N61W TO 31N68W TO 26N77W TO 24N75W TO
24N72W TO 26N67W TO 31N61W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5
M IN N TO NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT FROM 31N64W TO 22N78W.
WITHIN 31N57W TO 31N80W TO 25N80W TO 25N75W TO 28N68W TO 29N60W 
TO 31N57W...INCLUDING ATLANTIC EXPOSURES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN N TO NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT FROM 31N60.5W TO 22N74W.
WITHIN 31N63W TO 31N76W TO 26N77W TO 24N74W TO 26N71W TO 31N63W 
...INCLUDING ATLANTIC EXPOSURES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 
TO 3.0 M IN N TO NE SWELL.

.ATLC WITHIN 25N35W TO 26N43W TO 24N46W TO 20N43W TO 16N35W TO
25N35W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. ELSEWHERE
WITHIN 19N41W TO 30N35W TO 30N45W TO 20N55W TO 06N53W TO 07N35W 
TO 19N41W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN N TO NE 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 28N35W TO 30N50W TO 22N55W TO 07N50W TO
07N35W TO 28N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN N TO 
NE TO E SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 26N35W TO 25N46W TO 31N60W TO 07N50W TO
07N35W TO 26N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN NE TO
E SWELL.

.CARIBBEAN WITHIN 12N67W TO 14N73W TO 13N75W TO 10N72W TO 11N70W
TO 11N66W TO 12N67W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 2.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 14N71W TO 15N74W TO 13N78W TO 10N78W TO
11N73W TO 12N69W TO 14N71W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... 
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 13N76W TO 13N78W TO 11N79W TO 10N78W TO
10N77W TO 11N75W TO 13N76W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 
M IN NE TO E SWELL.

.GULF OF AMERICA WITHIN 29N85W TO 30N87W TO 30N89W TO 28N91W TO
26N88W TO 27N85W TO 29N85W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO
3.0 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 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 LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.