000
FZPN03 KNHC 222149
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED OCT 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED OCT 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU OCT 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI OCT 24.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 14N96W N
TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 09N TO 15N 
BETWEEN 93W AND 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W
TO 14N96W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N
TO 15N BETWEEN 93W AND 129W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 15N BETWEEN 93W 
AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW 
SWELL. 

.FROM 11N TO 17N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 18N W OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 17N W OF 128W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N138W TO 28N140W. NW OF FRONT
N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATING JUST W OF THE AREA. NW
OF A LINE FROM 30N129W TO 25N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

.S OF 09N BETWEEN 97W AND 112W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO
10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 08N BETWEEN 81W AND 135W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW TO S SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06N BETWEEN 80W AND 95W S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 95W AND
115W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 08N BETWEEN 80W AND 127W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW TO S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06N BETWEEN 82W AND 94W S TO SW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. S OF 05N BETWEEN 121W AND 135W 
SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 08N E OF 135W
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2130 UTC WED OCT 22...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N82W TO 08N90W TO 11N100W TO 
10N110W TO 10N120W 10N130W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 104W AND 107W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM S OF THE AXIS 
BETWEEN 115W AND 119W...AND W OF 138W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 
60 NM S OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 87W AND 91W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.