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FNUS72 KNHC 221959
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SPOT FORECAST FOR Coast Guard SAR...U.S. Coast Guard
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2000 EST Sat Feb 22 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EST on February 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NWS
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
BRANCH AT (305)229-4425.

.DISCUSSION...A cold front is moving slowly southward through the southern
Bahamas and into far eastern Cuba this afternoon, and will gradually stall and
weaken by Sun evening, then the remnants will drift N on Mon. Fresh to strong
NE to ENE winds and rough seas prevail between the front and 25N this afternoon
and will persist into this evening, then will slowly diminish through Sun afternoon.
As the frontal remnants begin to drift northward on Mon look for moderate E winds
to begin to veer to SE.

 Latitude = 24.1N
 Longitude = 77.5W

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 71.
Surface winds (kts).Northeast winds 8 to 11 knots.
Swell height........Southeast swell 2 feet.
Wave height.........3 feet subsiding to 2 feet.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
Wave period.........5 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........4 feet decreasing to 2 feet.
Sea surface temp....78 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........52        64        64        40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............73        71        71        71
SFC wind (kts)..NE 11G15  NE 10G12  NE 10G12  E 8G10
Swell hgt (ft)..N 3       E 2       E 2       SE 1
Wave period (s).5         4         4         4
Wind wave (ft)..4         2         2         2
Wave height (ft)3         2         2         2
SST (F).........78        78        78        78

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Surface winds (kts).Northeast winds 7 to 10 knots.
Swell height........North swell 1 feet.
Wave height.........2 feet.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........2 feet increasing to 4 feet in the afternoon.
Sea surface temp....78 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........40        35        35        30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............71        72        72        74
SFC wind (kts)..NE 8G10   NE 7G9    NE 10G14  NE 10G14
Swell hgt (ft)..SE 1      E 1       E 1       N 2
Wave period (s).4         3         3         3
Wind wave (ft)..2         2         2         4
Wave height (ft)1         1         1         2
SST (F).........78        78        78        78

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 73.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 10 to 11 knots decreasing to around
                    10 knots after 3 am.
Swell height........Southeast swell 2 feet.
Wave height.........2 feet.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........4 feet.
Sea surface temp....78 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........30        69        69        95
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............74        73        73        73
SFC wind (kts)..NE 10G14  E 11G15   E 10G14   E 10G14
Swell hgt (ft)..N 2       NE 2      NE 2      SE 2
Wave period (s).3         4         4         4
Wind wave (ft)..4         4         4         4
Wave height (ft)2         2         2         2
SST (F).........78        78        78        78

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent) then becoming mostly
                    sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 9 to 10 knots.
Swell height........Southeast swell 2 feet.
Wave height.........2 feet.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
Wave period.........4 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........4 feet decreasing to 2 feet in the morning,
                    then increasing to 4 feet in the afternoon.
Sea surface temp....78 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........95  48  48  48  48  48  48  21  21  21  21  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............73  75  75  75  75  75  75  77  77  77  77  77
SFC wnd dir.....E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
SFC wnd spd kts.10  9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
SFC wnd gst.....14  13  13  13  14  14  14  16  16  16  14  14
Swell direction.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Swell hgt (ft)..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave period (s).4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Wind wave (ft)..4   2   2   2   2   2   2   4   4   4   4   4
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
SST (F).........78  78  78  78  78  78  78  78  78  78  78  78

$$
Forecaster...STRIPLING
Requested by...LT Micah Baldez
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2503503.0/NHC
.DELDT 02/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL micah.b.baldez@uscg.mil