000
FZPN03 KNHC 020917
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI JAN 02 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI JAN 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT JAN 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN JAN 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N94.5W TO 14N95.5W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 07N TO 13N BETWEEN 95W AND 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE TO E SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.5N94.5W TO 14N95.5W...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N85.5W TO 11N87W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN NE TO E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N85.5W 
TO 11N87.5W...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 07N BETWEEN 79W AND 80W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.FROM 11N TO 21N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE IN AREA 
BOUNDED BY 24N140W TO 15N110W TO 10N110W TO 09N140W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL AND NE 
WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 00N105W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT NI NW SWELL N OF 10N AND SW SWELL 
S OF 10N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 22N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND 
WAVES. ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25N140W TO 15N115W TO 
10N115W TO 09N140W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED SW AND NW SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 30N118W TO 00N101W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL N OF 10N AND SW SWELL S OF 10N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 22N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL AND NE WIND 
WAVES. COLD FRONT FROM 29N115W TO 35N129W TO 28N140W. N OF FRONT 
W OF 118W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 00N102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL N OF 10N AND SW SWELL S 
OF 10N.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC FRI JAN 02.

.SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM OF 13.5N109W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04N77W TO 03N83W TO 06N9100W 
TO 11N119W TO 06N134W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 150 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 117W AND 121W. 
NUMEROUS MODERATE SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 120 NM N 
AND 150 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 122W AND 129W.
 

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.FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.