008  
FZNT02 KNHC 161557  
HSFAT2  
 
HIGH SEAS FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  
1630 UTC SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS  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 1200 UTC SAT AUG 16.  
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN AUG 17.  
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON AUG 18.  
 
.WARNINGS.  
   
..ATLC HURRICANE WARNING  
 
.HURRICANE ERIN NEAR 19.7N 62.8W 917 MB AT 1520 UTC AUG 16  
MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 140 KT  
GUSTS 170 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM NE  
QUADRANT...50 NM SE QUADRANT...40 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 110 NM NW  
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 240 NM NE QUADRANT...150 NM  
SE QUADRANT...120 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH  
SEAS TO 13.5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 25N59W TO 24N65W TO 19N64W TO  
17N60W TO 17N58W TO 20N57W TO 25N59W...INCLUDING IN ATLC  
EXPOSURES AND PASSAGES...WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5.5 M.  
REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 26N57W TO 27N62W TO 25N65W TO 21N66W TO  
16N59W TO 22N53W TO 26N57W...INCLUDING IN ATLC EXPOSURES AND  
PASSAGES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN E TO SE SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE ERIN NEAR 21.0N 66.8W. MAXIMUM  
SUSTAINED WINDS 140 KT GUSTS 170 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS  
WITHIN 150 NM NE QUADRANT...120 NM SE QUADRANT...90 NM SW  
QUADRANT...AND 130 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 270  
NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...150 NM SW QUADRANT...AND  
210 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 14 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 24N61W TO  
26N65W TO 26N68W TO 21N70W TO 18N64W TO 20N61W TO 24N61W...INCLUDING  
IN ATLC EXPOSURES AND PASSAGES...WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.5 TO  
5.5 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 24N58W TO 29N63W TO 29N69W TO  
23N73W TO 18N65W TO 19N59W TO 24N58W...INCLUDING IN ATLC  
EXPOSURES AND PASSAGES AND ATLC EXPOSURES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  
SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN MIXED SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE ERIN NEAR 23.5N 69.7W. MAXIMUM  
SUSTAINED WINDS 130 KT GUSTS 160 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS  
WITHIN 150 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...160 NM NE QUADRANT AND 120 NM  
SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 270 NM NE QUADRANT...210  
NM SE QUADRANT...180 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 240 NM NW QUADRANT  
WITH SEAS TO 14 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 26N63W TO 29N69W TO 26N74W TO  
20N71W TO 19N67W TO 21N64W TO 26N63W...INCLUDING ATLC  
EXPOSURES...WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.5 TO 5 M. REMAINDER OF  
AREA WITHIN 31N64W TO 28N71W TO 31N77W TO 21N74W TO 17N65W TO  
24N60W TO 31N64W...INCLUDING IN MONA PASSAGE AND IN ATLC  
EXPOSURES AND PASSAGES AND ATLC EXPOSURES...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  
SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN MIXED SWELL.  
 
FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE  
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE  
AND INTENSITY.  
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.  
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.  
 
 
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.  
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