000
FZPN03 KNHC 180248
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU SEP 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU SEP 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI SEP 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT SEP 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 03N W OF 88W TO LINE FROM 03N96W TO 09N88W S TO SW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 05N 
BETWEEN 84W AND 100W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 07N81W TO 12N107W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 90W AND 104W S TO SW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 07N AND 
11N BETWEEN 88W AND 93W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN 
SW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 11N BETWEEN 93W AND 100W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 10N BETWEEN 92W AND 104W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
 
.WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N94W TO 13N95W...INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N95W TO 
14N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM FROM COAST 
BETWEEN 94W AND 96W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0115 UTC THU SEP 18.
.NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG W OF TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 86W TO 88W 
WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...10N86W TO 09N90W TO 10N98W TO 
09N106W TO 11N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM FROM 117W TO 
134W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 300 NM S OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 84W AND 103W. 

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.