000
FZPN03 KNHC 180907
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU SEP 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC THU SEP 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT SEP 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05N BETWEEN 85W AND 105W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10N BETWEEN 85W AND 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 90W AND 105W S TO SW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 105W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
 
.N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST N TO 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC THU SEP 18.
.NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG W OF TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 86W TO 88W 
WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...11N86W TO 09N95W TO 11N115W TO 
10N125W TO 11N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 08N TO 13N
BETWEEN 86W AND 91W AND FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 94W AND 100W.

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.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.