000 FZPN03 KNHC 310317 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0430 UTC THU AUG 31 2006 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS PAN PAN E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC THU AUG 31 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI SEP 01 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT SEP 02 .WARNINGS ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE JOHN NEAR 18.1N 104.5W 950 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 31 MOVING NW OR 300 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 60 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM NE AND SW QUADRANTS...AND 140 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS WITH SEAS TO 40 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE JOHN NEAR 21.3N 107.2W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT GUSTS 140 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 130 NM E SEMICIRCLE...75 NM SW QUADRANT AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 44 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE JOHN NEAR 23.0N 109.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 100 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 240 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 45 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE JOHN NEAR 23.8N 112.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE JOHN NEAR 24.0N 116.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM JOHN NEAR 24.0N 121.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM KRISTY NEAR 17.2N 115.7W 990 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG 31 MOVING NW OR 310 DEG AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 55 NM OF CENTER. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 65 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 20 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE KRISTY NEAR 18.6N 117.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 70 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 24 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE KRISTY NEAR 19.9N 120.4W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. LITTLE CHANGE IN RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KRISTY NEAR 20.2N 123.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KRISTY NEAR 20.0N 124.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION KRISTY NEAR 19.5N 126.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST .EXCEPT AS NOTED IN JOHN WARNINGS...WITHIN 180 NM NE SEMICIRCLE AND 120 SW SEMICIRCLE OF WINDS 20 TO 33 KT SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN JOHN WARNINGS. WITHIN 240 NM NE SEMICIRCLE AND 150 NM SW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. .EXCEPT AS NOTED IN KRISTY WARNINGS. WITHIN 180 NM OF KRISTY WINDS 20 TO 33 KT SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN KRISTY WARNINGS. LITTLE CHANGE. .48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN KRISTY WARNINGS. WITHIN 210 NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .ELSEWHERE S OF 10N FROM 100W TO 125W S WINDS TO 20 KT SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE S OF 12N FROM 105W TO 130W S WINDS 20 KT SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE S OF 10N FROM 115W TO 135W S WINDS 20 KT SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC THU AUG 31... HURRICANE JOHN...NUMEROUS STRONG WITHIN 100 NM OF CENTER. TROPICAL STORM KRISTY...NUMEROUS STRONG WITHIN 75 NM OF CENTER. INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...6N77W 6N90W 12N110W 8N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS FROM 84W TO 98W AND ALSO FROM 107W TO 115W. $$ FORECASTER LL TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST BRANCH