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FZPN03 KNHC 160337
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU OCT 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 OCT 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI OCT 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT OCT 18.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 22N W OF A LINE FROM 22N121W TO 07N127W TO 00N137W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST W PART.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 14N140W TO 10N136W TO 00N139W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NW TO NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05N W OF 117W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN SW TO W SWELL.

.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N BETWEEN 126W AND 136W N TO NE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16.5N95W TO 
14N94.5W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 13.5N95W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 11.5N96W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 
14N. SEAS TO 10 FT.

.FROM 03N TO 08N BETWEEN 96W AND 113W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 02N TO 09N BETWEEN 89W AND 115W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 03N TO 09N BETWEEN 90W AND 107W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 07N BETWEEN 102W AND 108W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC WED OCT 15...

.LOW 11N126W...ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 180 NM E 
SEMICIRCLE.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...09N84W TO 11N100W TO 08N115W 
TO 09N129W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 180 
NM S OF WAVE AXIS BETWEEN 85W AND 96W. AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF 
MODERATE CONVECTION COVERS AN AREA WITHIN 30 NM OF 10.5N124W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 
134W AND 137W AND IS WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS W OF 137W.

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.FORECASTER COHEN/KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.