000
FZPN03 KNHC 150337
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED OCT 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED OCT 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU OCT 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI OCT 17.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 14N TO 24N W OF 130W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. W OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 22N125W TO 
17N114W TO 19N124W TO 00N117W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT...HIGHEST NW PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 15N TO 20N W OF 125W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE 
FROM 22N119W TO 00N134W S OF 22N WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE FROM 07N140W TO 00N134W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.

.S OF LINE FROM 18N113W TO 08N90W TO 03N WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 02N TO 09N BETWEEN 90W TO 113W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW TO W SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 92W AND 106W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 125W AND 135W N TO NE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
31.5N114W TO 26N111W NW WINDS 20 TO 35 KT...HIGHEST N OF 26N. 
SEAS TO 10 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N NW WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N94W TO 14N95W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT... 
HIGHEST N OF 15.5N. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N94W 
TO 13.5N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC W TO NW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT...HIGHEST N OF 14N. SEAS TO 9 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0200 UTC WED OCT 15...

.ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM OF 16.5N108.5W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N77W TO 10N93W TO 08N113W TO 
10N123W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 120 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 80W AND 87W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 92W AND 104W. 
ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 119W 
AND 123W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 132W AND 140W.

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.FORECASTER COHEN/KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.