000
FZPN03 KNHC 030907
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED SEP 03 2008

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC WED SEP 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU SEP 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA NEAR 20.0N 113.7W 1002 MB AT 0900 
UTC SEP 03 MOVING W OR 270 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 
30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA NEAR 20.1N 115.3W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW NEAR 19.8N 116.4W. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.NW OF LINE FROM 30N125W TO 17N140W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY
30N120W TO 20N110W TO 16N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW TO N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST NW OF LINE FROM 30N127W TO 24N140W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE IN AREA 
BOUNDED BY 30N120W TO 20N120W TO 14N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 20N140W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.

.S OF LINE FROM 10N130W TO 14N107W TO 12N88W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 
KT EXCEPT SW TO W WINDS N OF 08N. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 10N130W TO 12N95W TO 09N84W S 
TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT EXCEPT SW TO W WINDS N OF 07N. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 11N BETWEEN 90W AND 112W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT EXCEPT SW TO W WINDS N OF 08N. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF LINE FROM 10N140W TO 12N87W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. 

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC WED SEP 03.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
WITHIN 150 NM W QUADRANT.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 10N86W TO 11N105W TO 
10N120W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION WITHIN 120-180 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 86W AND 98W. 
WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90-180 NM S OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 95W AND 111W...AND WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE AXIS 
BETWEEN 130W AND 135W. 
 
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.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.