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FZPN03 KNHC 010332
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED OCT 01 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED OCT 01.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU OCT 02.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI OCT 03.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 75 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 13N97W TO 13N102W INCLUDING 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N96W 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W INCLUDING GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.LOW PRES NEAR 12N97W 1008 MB MOVING W 5 TO 10 KT. WITHIN 240 NM 
SW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S 
OF 12N BETWEEN 90W AND 105W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
12N101W 1007 MB. WITHIN 240 NM SW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 12N BETWEEN 92W AND 110W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
13N105W 1006 MB. WITHIN 240 NM N AND 300 NM S SEMICIRCLES 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 16N BETWEEN 
93W AND 110W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.

.LOW PRES NEAR 16N115W 1007 MB MOVING WNW 10 KT. FROM 06N TO 14N 
BETWEEN 105W AND 118W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N BETWEEN 105W AND 120W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
17N118W 1006 MB. WITHIN 300 NM SW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 17N BETWEEN 110W AND 127W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
17N122W 1005 MB. WITHIN 300 NM W SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N BETWEEN 110W AND 127W WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N134W TO 24N140W MOVING SE 10 KT. N OF 27N 
WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN NW SWELL. W OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT DISSIPATING FROM 30N133W TO 
23N140W. NW OF LINE FROM 30N127W TO 19N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. NW OF LINE FROM 30N121W TO 
13N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC WED OCT 01.
 
.LOW 16N115W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 240 NM W AND 
NW QUADRANTS.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 10N85W TO 12N100W TO 
13N110W TO 10N120W TO 11N135W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 180 NM N AND 240 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 97W AND 108W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 09N TO 11N BETWEEN 114W AND 116W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS W OF 130W.

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.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.