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922 FNUS72 KNHC 182017 FWSNHC SPOT FORECAST FOR USCG SAR...USCG NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 353 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on September 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST BRANCH AT (305)229-4425. .DISCUSSION... Central Atlantic high pressure will produce mainly gentle E to SE trade winds through the the weekend into early next week over the waters of interest. Seas are forecast 4 ft or less. Expect scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two this evening and tonight, then mainly a chance for scattered showers through Tue morning. Latitude = 18.2683 Longitude = -61.2933 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Max temperature.....Around 82. Swell height........Southeast swell 4 feet. Wave height.........3 feet. Wave period.........8 SECONDS. Wave period.........8 SECONDS. Wind wave...........2 feet. Sea surface temp....84 Degrees Fahrenheit. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........82 82 82 82 82 82 90 90 90 90 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 Swell direction.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Swell hgt (ft)..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wave period (s).7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 Wind wave (ft)..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Min temperature.....Around 81. Surface winds (kts).East winds up to 7 knots. Swell height........Southeast swell 4 feet. Wave height.........3 feet. Wave period.........8 SECONDS. Wind wave...........2 feet. Sea surface temp....84 Degrees Fahrenheit. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........90 90 74 74 74 74 74 74 67 67 67 67 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 SFC wnd dir.....E E E E E E E E E E E E SFC wnd spd kts.4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 SFC wnd gst.....7 7 8 8 8 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 Swell direction.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Swell hgt (ft)..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wave period (s).8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Wind wave (ft)..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Wave height (ft)3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Max temperature.....Around 82. Surface winds (kts).Southeast winds 5 to 7 knots. Swell height........Southeast swell 3 feet. Wave period.........8 SECONDS. Wave period.........8 SECONDS. Wind wave...........2 feet. Sea surface temp....84 Degrees Fahrenheit. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........67 67 61 61 61 61 61 61 68 68 68 68 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 SFC wnd dir.....E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E SFC wnd spd kts.6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 SFC wnd gst.....10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 Swell direction.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Swell hgt (ft)..4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Wave period (s).8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Wind wave (ft)..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 SST (F).........84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 $$ Forecaster...AGUIRRE Requested by...LT Goodfellow Type of request...SAR .TAG 2622133.0/NHC .DELDT 09/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Ryan.c.marshall@uscg.mil,haley.p.goodfellow@uscg.mil