000
FZPN03 KNHC 170323
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI OCT 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC FRI OCT 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT OCT 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN OCT 19.

.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 13N95.5W...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 11N97W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST N OF 13N. SEAS TO 11 FT.

.FROM 11N TO 18N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N W OF 
128W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 06N140W TO 07N120W TO 08N110W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

.FROM 03N TO 08N BETWEEN 90W AND 113W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 10 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 91W AND 105W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08N BETWEEN 98W AND 110W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

.N OF 27N W OF LINE FROM 27N27N131W TO 30N126W NE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 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 0315 UTC WED OCT 15...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 13N88W TO 10N100W 
TO 09N120W TO 11N129W TO 10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS W OF 97W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 124W AND 126W.

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.FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.