NWS Forecast

FZNT02 KNHC 152139
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SUN MAR 15 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 BETWEEN 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA
AND GULF OF MEXICO

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON MAR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE MAR 17.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 22N E OF 42W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT IN
N SWELL. FROM 16N TO 24N BETWEEN 42W AND 65W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS
8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 31N52W TO
26N60W TO 20N70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FT
PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL...EXCEPT 9 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL N OF 24N
BETWEEN 42W AND 46W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N E OF 38W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS
10 TO 14 FT IN N SWELL. FROM 16N TO 24N BETWEEN 50W AND 65W NE TO
E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 31N45W TO
TO 25N55W TO 20N70W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 20N E OF 46W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SE OF LINE FROM 30N35W TO 20N50W TO 16N62W
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SUBSIDING N SWELL.

.ATLC 36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT JUST N OF AREA. N OF 29N
BETWEEN 42W AND 58W SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 31N45W TO 31N50W
THEN
STATIONARY TO LOW PRES NW OF AREA. COLD FRONT FROM LOW ENTERS
AREA AT 31N71W TO 28N81W. N OF 30N E OF 46W SW TO W WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS TO 8 FT.
N OF 28N BETWEEN 58W AND 72W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO
8 FT. NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 72W AND 78W NE TO E WINDS 20
TO 25 KT...EXCEPT NE 25 TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. SEAS
8 TO 11 FT... HIGHEST NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N
E OF 78W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 15N TO 18N
W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 73W AND 78W NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 75W N OF 25N NE TO E
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 15N TO 18N W OF 85W E TO SE
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 75W AND 78W NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

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

.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.