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FZPN03 KNHC 130922
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI MAR 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAR 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAR 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAR 15.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.BETWEEN 15N AND 25N AND W OF 126W...E TO SE WIND 20 TO 30 KT 
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  CONFUSED SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN MERGING NW AND 
SW SWELL AND E WIND WAVES. N OF 25N W OF 135W E TO SE WIND 20 TO 
25 KT.  SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND E WIND WAVES. 
FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 126W AND 116W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MERGING NW AND S SWELL.  ELSEWHERE NW OF 
LINE FROM 30N118W TO 20N110W TO 06N140W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 10N W OF 92W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 16N TO 26N W OF 124W NE TO E WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  FROM 14N TO 20N BETWEEN 124W AND 
118W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND NE 
WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 30N137W TO 23N110W TO 
00N140W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
S OF 11N W OF 90W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 17N TO 24N W OF 128W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 11N TO 18N BETWEEN 128W AND 
120W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND NE 
WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 30N140W TO 23N110W TO 
00N140W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 103W AND S OF 11N W OF 90W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN S SWELL.

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

.N OF 06N FROM 78W TO 80W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N WIND TO 
20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC FRI MAR 13...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 08N83W TO 01N100W TO 
05N127W TO 05N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 45 
NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 83W AND 94W. ISOLATED MODERATE WAS WITHIN 30 
NM OF AXIS FROM W OF 125W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.