000
FZPN03 KNHC 031502
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT OCT 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT OCT 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON OCT 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

..TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLAF NEAR 24.2N 115.2W 1002 MB AT 1500 UTC 
OCT 03 MOVING ENE OR 075 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 
KT GUSTS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...90 NM SE 
QUADRANT...AND 75 NM NW QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM NW AND 
240 NM SE SEMICIRCLES OF OLAF WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 25N TO 28N S TO SW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW NEAR 25.6N 112.0W. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT WITHIN 90 NM SW 
SEMICIRCLE. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED. WITHIN 210 NM SE SEMICIRCLE OF 
REMNANT LOW OF OLAF INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PACIFIC WATERS AND LESS THAN 8 FT GULF OF 
CALIFORNIA. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N W OF 116W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.NW OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 20N123W TO 13N140W N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 
23N110W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N BETWEEN 118W AND 125W NW TO N WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 15N W OF 110W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL E OF 
115W AND N SWELL W OF 115W. S OF 15N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA S OF 
07N BETWEEN 96W AND 11OW WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN SW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 17N W 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 110W EXCEPT AS 
NOTED BELOW WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S AND SE 
SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA S OF 07N BETWEEN 100W AND 11OW WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.

.LOW NEAR 12N133W 1010 MB. WITHIN 120 NM SE SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 13N134W 1010 MB. WITHIN 120 NM SE AND 90 
NM NW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 14N134.5W 1009 MB. WITHIN 120 NM NW 
QUADRANT N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1430 UTC SAT OCT 03...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLAF...OVER NE QUADRANT WITHIN 200 NM OF 
CENTER...AND OVER THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM 24N TO 
28N...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION. 
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 
25N TO 28N. 

.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM N AND 120 NM S OF ITCZ AXIS W 
OF 130W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07N78W TO 08N98W TO 09N115W
TO 13N131W WHERE IT BECOMES DISCONTINUED. ITCZ RESUMES AT 
09N135W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 
79W AND 87W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS FROM 06 TO 12N W OF 132W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG IS NEAR 10N105W. 

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.