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FZPN03 KNHC 142144
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC TUE OCT 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE OCT 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED OCT 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU OCT 16.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 14N W OF 126W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 18N115W TO 03N120W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N TO NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N128W TO 25N140W. NE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 
30N118W TO 21N119W TO 05N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN MIXED PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N124W TO 24N140W NE WINDS 
TO TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 16N W OF 128W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.

.WITHIN 360 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15N119W TO 03N100W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09N BETWEEN 90W AND 112W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 09N BETWEEN 92W AND 104W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S AND SW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
31.5N114W TO 25.5N110W NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 27N. 
SEAS TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N NW WINDS TO 20  
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16.5N94.5W TO 
13.5N95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 15.5N. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 13.5N95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N 
TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 15.5N. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N94W 
TO 13.5N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO NW WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 15N. SEAS TO 10 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2100 UTC TUE OCT 14...

.SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF A 
LINE FROM 16N105W TO 19N109W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N77W TO 09N95W TO 09N110W TO 
11N122W TO 08N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM S 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 84W AND 89W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION 
WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 92W AND 98W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 102W AND 106W. 
ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 
115W AND 121W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 N S OF 
AXIS BETWEEN 130W AND 135W.

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.FORECASTER COHEN/KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.