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FZPN03 KNHC 160919
HSFEP2

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 24N BETWEEN 118W AND 130W...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N BETWEEN 116W AND 
118W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N BETWEEN 126W AND 132W...N WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 28N 
BETWEEN 123W AND 126W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN N 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 30N124W TO 23N128W. N OF 28N WITHIN 300 
NM W OF TROUGH...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.S OF 24N AND NW OF LINE FROM 24N119W TO 17N121W TO 07N135W... 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT N OF 14N W OF 124W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 26N TO 10N W OF 128W...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT S OF 18N W OF 130W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.WITHIN 240 NM S OF ITCZ AXIS BETWEEN 88W AND 124W...SW TO W 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 240 NM S OF ITCZ AXIS BETWEEN 88W AND 
96W AND ALSO BETWEEN 108W AND 120W...SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 180 NM S OF ITCZ AXIS BETWEEN 112W AND 
121W...SW TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0815 UTC SAT MAY 16...

SCATTERED MODERATE AND ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED N OF 
06N AND E OF 82W TO COAST OF COLOMBIA. SIMILAR CONVECTION WAS 
NOTED WITHIN 90 NM OF MEXICAN COAST BETWEEN 93W AND 100W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS WAS ALONG 09N84W TO 10N96W 
TO 13N107W TO 09N121W TO 09N129W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
AND ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 210 NM EITHER 
SIDE OF AXIS. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACTIVE NEAR AXIS 
NEXT 24 HOURS.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.