000
FZPN03 KNHC 140306
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT FEB 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SAT FEB 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON FEB 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.RIDGE 30N140W TO 12N110W. N OF 20N E OF RIDGE TO 115W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 08N TO RIDGE W OF 120W 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.  ELSEWHERE N OF 03N W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N135W TO 29N140W. NW OF FRONT NW 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. 9 TO 13 FT. N OF 29N WITHIN 420 NM E OF FRONT 
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 
110W N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
FROM 10N TO 20N W OF 118W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 03N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 
FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N126W TO 23N134W. NW OF FRONT NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 10 TO 15 FT. N OF 25N WITHIN 360 NM E OF 
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 18N 
W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW 
SWELL. FROM 10N TO 17N W OF 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 
FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL.

.FROM 09N TO 11N E OF 90W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26N TO 29N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA S OF 26N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC SAT FEB 14...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 07N77W TO 02N100W TO 
01.5N110W TO 01.5N122W TO 03N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE AND STRONG 
WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 03N77W TO 04N90W.

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.