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FZPN03 KNHC 181548
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU DEC 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC THU DEC 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI DEC 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT DEC 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT 30N112W TO 25N115W TO 19N134W. N OF FRONT NW TO N 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 26N E OF 
FRONT INCLUDING GULF OF CALIFORNIA SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT...EXCEPT SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT IN GULF OF CALIFORNIA.
.24 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 27N110W TO 21N116W TO 
17N126W. N OF FRONT TO 20N NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
SUBSIDING N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 25N108W TO 21N115W TO 
17N121W. N OF FRONT TO 26N AND FROM 14N TO 23N W OF FRONT NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE WIND WAVES.

.FROM 09N TO 18N W OF 124W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED N SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 19N W OF 126W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED N SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS AND SEAS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC W OF 94W AND WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST N 
WINDS TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. REMAINDER OF GULF 
AREA BETWEEN 96W AND 94W AND S TO 13N N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FEET. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST 
N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10N90W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF PANAMA E OF 80W AND S TO 06N N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.12 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N W OF 132W SW TO W WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N BETWEEN 128W AND 133W SW TO WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 04N140W TO 10N122W TO 26N116W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 04N140W TO 13N117W TO 27N114W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.
.ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 23N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1300 UTC THU DEC 18.
.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 45 NM OF COLUMBIAN COAST S OF 06N 
WILL PERSIST NEXT 12 HOURS...NEARLY STATIONARY.
.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM OF 09N102W ASSOCIATED WITH 
WESTWARD MOVING PERTURBATION...WILL CONTINUE MOVING W NEAR 15 KT 
NEXT 12 HOURS. 

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07N76W TO 06N88W TO 08N101W TO 
09N116W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 
240 NM OF 12N126W. SCATTERED MODERATE 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 
FROM 08N139W TO 08N131W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ISOLATED STRONG 
WILL PERSIST NEXT 12 HOURS FROM 07N122W TO 17N112W TO 06N106W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.