000
FZPN03 KNHC 031513
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED SEP 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU SEP 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI SEP 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA NEAR 20.2N 114.0W 1005 MB AT 1500 
UTC SEP 03 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 
25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT WITHIN 30 NM SW QUADRANT. 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 90 NM E AND WITHIN 150 NM W SEMICIRCLES WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW PRES NEAR 20.3N 115.4W. WITHIN 120 
NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW NEAR 20.0N 116.0W. WITHIN 90 NM OF 
CENTER WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.NW OF LINE FROM 30N125W TO 16N140W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY 
30N120W TO 20N110W TO 13N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 30N120W TO 20N120W 
TO 10N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE 30N125W TO 10N140W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.

.W OF 80W S OF LINE FROM 22N108W TO 00N140W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 88W S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT EXCEPT SW TO W WINDS N OF 07N. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE S OF 12N W OF 88W S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC WED SEP 03.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARINA...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF 
19.5N115.5W.

SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM OF MEXICAN 
COAST FROM 81W TO 98W AND FROM 104W TO 107W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 10N78W TO 10N105W TO  
08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM OF 05N79W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
LINE 09N100W TO 08N107W AND WITHIN 15 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 
08N120W TO 08N132W.

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.