000
FZNT02 KNHC 161546
HSFAT2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC MON MAR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC MON MAR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ATLC N OF 24N E OF 43W  N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 20 FT IN  
N SWELL.  S OF 22N FROM 43W TO 53W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
9 FT IN NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 22N E OF 65W  WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT N OF AREA.  N OF 29N FROM 38W TO 
50W  SW TO W WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 15N E OF 
50W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  S OF 22N 
FROM 50W TO 60W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 29N35W TO 27N45W THEN STATIONARY 
TO 31N51W.  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL.  

.ATLC 24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N74W TO 27N80W.  N OF 28N  
WITHIN 420 NM E OF FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  N OF 
28N W OF FRONT  N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 31N62W TO 22N72W.  N OF 27N W OF 
FRONT  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 
28N E OF FRONT TO 55W  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 13 FT.

.CARIBBEAN FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 70W AND 80W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 
KT EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 17N  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 71W AND 78W  NE WIND 
20 TO 25 KT.  ELSEWHERE S OF 17N E OF 80W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 15N FROM 70W TO 80W  NE WIND 20 KT... 
HIGHEST COAST OF COLOMBIA.  SEAS 8 FT.

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

$$

.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.