000
FZPN03 KNHC 190943
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN APR 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN APR 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON APR 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE APR 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 07N TO 18N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. N OF 25N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 15N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N W OF 120W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE 14N140W TO 00N100W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.

.GULF OF PANAMA N OF 06N BETWEEN 78.5W AND 81W N WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N BETWEEN 94W AND 
95W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13N BETWEEN 93W AND 95W N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC SUN APR 19...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 04N77W TO 06N95W TO 
03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION 150 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 
120W AND 125W.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.