000
FZPN03 KNHC 021524
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI JAN 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT JAN 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N95W TO 15N95W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N85.5W TO 10N90W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 06N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 12N TO 22N W OF 130W AND FROM 10-N TO 18N BETWEEN 122W AND 
130W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED 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 23N W OF 128W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND 
WAVES. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 00N103W...EXCEPT FAR 
NW PORTION 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 23N W OF 126W 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 30N115W TO 27N130W TO 30N136W. N OF FRONT 
N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 30N116W 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 1515 UTC FRI JAN 02.

.SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM OF 13.5N109W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 04N85W TO 10N123W
TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION FROM 
09N TO 14N BETWEEN 116W AND 127W. 

$$
.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.