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FZPN03 KNHC 162131
HSFEP2

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N117W TO 29N129W TO 30N136W MOVING SE 20 KT.
N OF FRONT BETWEEN 127W AND 136W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
10 TO 15 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF FRONT NW WINDS TO 20 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 17N W OF 118W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 32N117W 1004 MB WITH COLD FRONT TO 
28N118W TO 24N122W TO 19N135W. N OF FRONT E OF 132W NW TO N WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN N SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 29N. 
ELSEWHERE N OF FRONT TO 27N N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO TO 
13 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 25N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MOVED E OF THE AREA. N OF 19N W OF 
114W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL.

.FROM 09N TO 20N W OF 118W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 20N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 19N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W
TO 09N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W
TO 10N92W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC TUE DEC 16.
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N78W TO 05N90W TO 09N105W TO
09N112W TO 09N120W TO 10N127W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM S OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 118W AND 
121W...BETWEEN 128W AND 132W...AND WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
THE AXIS BETWEEN 132W AND 138W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM 
S OF THE AXIS E OF 80W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.