000
FZPN03 KNHC 030309
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT JAN 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SAT JAN 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN JAN 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON JAN 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.4N95W TO 15N95W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11.5N85.5W TO 10N88W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
11.5N85.5W TO 10N90W...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 LINE FROM 
11.5N85.5W TO 10N90W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 09N TO 06.5N AND BETWEEN 79W AND 81W...INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF PANAMA...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 
09N TO 04.5N AND BETWEEN 81W AND 78.5W...N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 06.5N AND BETWEEN 79W AND 81W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 12N TO 22N W OF 130W AND FROM 10N TO 18N AND 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 IN MERGING NW AND 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 23N...W OF 122W...NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND 
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 00N106W...EXCEPT 
FAR NW PORTION...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY 
IN MERING NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 23N...W OF 122W...NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL...AND NE 
WIND WAVES. COLD FRONT FROM 29N113W TO 25N127W TO 27N136W. 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 MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0145 UTC FRI JAN 02.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 03N80W TO 05N87W TO 
11N117W TO 10N127W TO 07N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
ALONG THE COLUMBIAN COAST FROM 04N TO 06N. SCATTERED MODERATE 
AND ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING FROM 08N TO 15N 
BETWEEN 126W AND 112W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
OCCURRING WITHIN 30 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 132W AND 127W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.