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FZPN03 KNHC 230943
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI JAN 23 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI JAN 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT JAN 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN JAN 25.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 16N94W TO 14N95W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 
06N TO 14N BETWEEN 95W AND 108W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 
FT IN MIXED W SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.TROUGH 07N114W TO 13N114W.  WITHIN 180 NM OF TROUGH  E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF TROUGH FROM 04N TO 13N  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH 07N120W TO 13N120W.  FROM 07N TO 13N 
BETWEEN 103W AND 120W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NW  
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH DISSIPATED.  FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 
117W AND 125W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 08N TO 13N FROM 84W TO 90W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO  
NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 09N TO 12N BETWEEN 84W AND 92W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 05N FROM 79W TO 80W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...
N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.COLD FRONT 30N132W TO 23N140W.  W OF FRONT N OF 28N  W TO NW 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 19 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.  E OF FRONT N OF 
24N W OF 130W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 30N128W TO 17N140W WITH TROUGH 
FROM 30N130W TO 25N132W.  N OF 27N W OF TROUGH  NW TO N WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN NW SWELL.  N OF 27N FROM FRONT TO TROUGH  SW 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 13N W OF 
122W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 16 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 30N124W TO 27N126W TO 19N133W.  
N OF 27N W OF 133W  N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 10N W OF 115W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT 
IN NW SWELL.

.36 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 25N 
NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 25N 
LITTLE CHANGE.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0930 UTC FRI JAN 23

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...05N77W TO 04N93W TO 06N114W TO 
05N132W TO 05N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS 
AND 45 NM N OF AXIS E OF 79W.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.