000
FZPN03 KNHC 160913
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC MON FEB 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON FEB 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE FEB 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED FEB 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT 30N122W TO 23N132W. N OF 26N WITHIN 300 NM E OF 
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. W OF FRONT NW WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 18N W OF 
125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 115W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 20N W OF 122W AND N OF 
25N BETWEEN 116W AND 122W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 
FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 15N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 
FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N W OF 133W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 10N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 06N BETWEEN 78W AND 80W INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF PANAMA N 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 0900 UTC MON FEB 16...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07N78W TO 07N85W TO 01N115W TO 
00N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.