000
FZPN03 KNHC 171544
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC WED SEP 17 2008

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED SEP 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU SEP 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI SEP 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05N BETWEEN 80W AND 95W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN SW SWELL. S OF 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 117W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N BETWEEN 83W AND 95W S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06N BETWEEN 93W AND 110W S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
 
.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N94W TO 13N95W...INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N95W TO 
13N97W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM FROM COAST
N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1545 UTC WED SEP 17.
.SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 92W AND 
97W.

.SCATTERED STRONG FROM 09N TO 11N BETWEEN 87W AND 91W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 09N84W TO 11N94W TO
10N105W TO 11N115W TO 12N125W TO 10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO
STRONG FROM 04N TO 09N BETWEEN 87W AND 100W. SCATTERED MODERATE
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 82W AND 85W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.