


High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
390 FZNT01 KWBC 230400 HSFAT1 HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA IV NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC 0430 UTC SUN FEB 23 2025 CCODE/1:31:04:01:00/AOE/NWS/CCODE SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. ONLY YOU KNOW THE WEATHER AT YOUR POSITION. REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EMAIL US AT VOSOPS@NOAA.GOV(LOWERCASE). FOR INFORMATION ON ATLANTIC ICEBERGS SEE INFORMATION FROM NORTH ATLANTIC ICE SERVICE AT HTTPS://OCEAN.WEATHER.GOV/ATL_TAB.PHP (ALL LOWERCASE). SECURITE NORTH ATLANTIC NORTH OF 31N TO 67N AND WEST OF 35W ALL FORECASTS VALID OVER ICE FREE FORECAST WATERS SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC FEB 23. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FEB 24. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FEB 25. .WARNINGS. ...STORM WARNING... .COMPLEX LOW WITH FIRST CENTER E OF THE AREA 55N32W 955 MB MOVING NE 25 KT AND SECOND CENTER E OF THE AREA 57N29W 950 MB MOVING NE 20 KT. FROM 42N TO 56N E OF 40W WINDS 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 18 TO 36 FT...HIGHEST NEAR 47N35W. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 60N35W TO 57N40W TO 31N40W TO 33N35W TO 60N35W WINDS 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 16 TO 26 FT. ALSO FROM 34N TO 50N BETWEEN 40W AND 65W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 18 FT IN MIXED SWELL...EXCEPT TO 8 FT IN THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE. .24 HOUR FORECAST COMBINED LOW WELL E OF AREA WITH MEAN CENTER 63N16W 956 MB. FROM 43N TO 60N E OF 45W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 20 FT...HIGHEST NEAR 60N40W. ELSEWHERE FROM 45N TO 60N W OF 45W AND FROM 60N TO 64N W OF GREENLAND WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST LOW WELL NE OF AREA WITH NEW LOW TO FORM NEAR 64N37W 980 MB. FROM 58N TO 60N E OF 44W AND FROM 60N TO 62N E OF 38W WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 48N TO 58N E OF 45W AND FROM 48N TO 60N W OF 45W AND N OF 62N E OF GREENLAND WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN MIXED SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 62N35W. ...GALE WARNING... .LOW 60N41W 975 MB NEARLY STATIONARY. WITHIN 120 NM NE OF A LINE FROM 54N42W TO 60N50W WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 12 TO 18 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 50N TO 60N BETWEEN 40W AND 50W AND FROM 50N TO 63N W OF 50W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW DISSIPATED AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED WITH STORM FORCE WARNING ABOVE. ...GALE WARNING... .36 HOUR FORECAST NEW LOW NEAR 40N54W 1016 MB. FROM 35N TO 45N BETWEEN 51W AND 58W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST NEW LOW NEAR 45N46W 1012 MB. WITHIN 300 NM SE...S AND 420 NM NW QUADRANTS WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING... .MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY W AND NW OF A LINE FROM 61N59W TO 63N57W. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY W AND NW OF A LINE FROM 41N65W TO 47N47W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE...NW OF LINE FROM 47N47W TO 57N53W TO 61N50W. .24 HOUR FORECAST MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY W AND NW OF A LINE FROM 56N55W TO 61N54W TO 64N53W. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY NW AND N OF A LINE FROM 46N58W TO 46N46W TO 50N47W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE...W AND NW OF LINE FROM 50N47W TO 60N49W. .48 HOUR FORECAST MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY W AND NW OF A LINE FROM 53N52W TO 59N59W TO 63N57W. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY N AND NW OF A LINE FROM 44N62W TO 46N46W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE AND W AND NW OF LINE FROM 46N46W TO 60N44W...FROM 54N TO 60N BETWEEN 44W AND 38W AND N OF 60N W OF 38W TO E GREENLAND. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 56N53W TO 61N58W AREA OF S TO SW WINDS TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .DENSE FOG. VSBY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN 1 NM FROM 53N TO 56N E OF 37W. .24 HOUR FORECAST DENSE FOG FROM 45N TO 49N BETWEEN 57W AND 63W AND FROM 60N TO 64N W OF 57W. .48 HOUR FORECAST DENSE FOG WITHIN 180 NM NE OF A LINE FROM 47N53W TO 45N46W. .FORECASTER FUTTERMAN. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER. NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 31N W OF 35W INCLUDING CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF AMERICA SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 23. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON FEB 24. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE FEB 25. .WARNINGS. ...CARIBBEAN GALE WARNING... .CARIBBEAN WITHIN 11.5N74W TO 12N74.5W TO 12N75W TO 11N75.5W TO 11N75W TO 11N74.5W TO 11.5N74W NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. WITHIN 12N72W TO 13N73W TO 13N75W TO 11N79W TO 11N80W TO 09N78W TO 12N72W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. WITHIN 12N70W TO 12N71W TO 11N72W TO 10N71W TO 11N71W TO 11N70W TO 12N70W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE...EXCEPT WINDS BELOW GALE FORCE. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 12N73W TO 13N74W TO 11N79W TO 10N79W TO 09N77W TO 11N75W TO 12N73W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. WITHIN 12N70W TO 12N71W TO 11N72W TO 11N70W TO 12N70W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 13N73W TO 13N75W TO 12N75W TO 11N75W TO 11N74W TO 12N72W TO 13N73W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. WITHIN 13N70W TO 12N71W TO 12N72W TO 11N72W TO 11N70W TO 13N70W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .ATLC WITHIN 24N67W TO 24N69W TO 23N74W TO 21N72W TO 21N70W TO 22N67W TO 24N67W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 31N39W TO 31N70W TO 24N75W TO 21N66W TO 27N47W TO 31N39W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 31N35W TO 31N59W TO 24N58W TO 19N52W TO 25N35W TO 31N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 31N35W TO 31N45W TO 26N44W TO 21N50W TO 13N48W TO 13N35W TO 31N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL...MERGED WITH NE SWELL S OF 20N. .ATLC WITHIN 27N35W TO 20N45W TO 12N54W TO 06N55W TO 07N35W TO 27N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW AND NE SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 22N35W TO 20N41W TO 11N51W TO 07N52W TO 07N35W TO 22N35W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW AND NE SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS MERGED. .CARIBBEAN WITHIN 22N79W TO 22N80W TO 20N80W TO 20N78W TO 20N77W TO 22N79W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .18 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .GULF OF AMERICA WITHIN 30N93W TO 30N95W TO 29N97W TO 28N97W TO 27N96W TO 28N93W TO 30N93W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. WITHIN 27N95W TO 27N97W TO 24N98W TO 19N96W TO 18N94W TO 22N94W TO 27N95W...INCLUDING WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ... WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 29N87W TO 29N88W TO 28N89W TO 27N89W TO 26N88W TO 27N87W TO 29N87W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .42 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .FORECASTER AL. 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