000
FZPN03 KNHC 201529
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT DEC 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT DEC 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN DEC 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON DEC 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.IN AREA BOUNDED BY 11N140W TO 17N113W TO 21N113W TO 26N127W TO 
23N140W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE IN 
AREA BOUNDED BY 05N140W TO 11N111W TO 21N112W TO 26N125W TO 
24N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 17N128W TO 25N132W MOVING W 10 KT. 
WITHIN 420 NM E OF TROUGH AXIS AND W OF AXIS TO 140W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. N OF LINE FROM 05N140W TO 
16N117W TO 29N WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW 
AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 18N TO 25N ALONG 131W. IN AREA 
BOUNDED BY 18N14OW TO 19N126W TO 27N131W TO 29N140W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY 
10N140W TO 18N122W TO 24N123W TO 29N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N94.5W TO 15.5N95W 
...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 14N95.5W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 10.5N85.5W TO 10.588W...
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
10.5N85.5W TO 10.5N88W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...
NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
10.5N85.5W TO 10.5N88W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 06N WITHIN 30 NM E AND 60 NM W OF 79W...INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF PANAMA...N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 26N WITHIN 270 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST NW TO N WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA S OF 28N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC SAT DEC 20.

.SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 120 NM NW OF AXIS FROM 
15N126W TO 18N121W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...05N77W TO 07N86W TO 05N95W TO 
11N122W TO 11N121W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION 
WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 109W AND 111W.


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.FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.