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FZPN03 KNHC 162138
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU OCT 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU OCT 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI OCT 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT OCT 18.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N94.5W TO 
14N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 13N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 15N. SEAS TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 11N96.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N 
TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 14N. SEAS TO 11 FT.

.FROM 11N TO 18N W OF 125W NE TO E WIND TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 
00N137W TO 10N125W TO 18N WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN 
NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06W W OF 116W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N W OF 112W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

.FROM 03N TO 08N BETWEEN 92W AND 107W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 10N BETWEEN 90W 
AND 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 03N TO 07N BETWEEN 100W AND 110W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 05N TO 09N BETWEEN 
100W AND 113W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N BETWEEN 100W AND 112W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN W TO NW SWELL.

.N OF 28N W OF 126W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N W OF 134W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC WED OCT 15...

.SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM NE QUADRANT OF 
11N128W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...10N85W TO 10N110W TO 09N120W TO
11128W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 85W AND 92W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS W OF 137W.

$$
.FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.