000
FZPN03 KNHC 231449
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI JAN 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT JAN 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 25.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 16N95W TO 14N95W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 
06N TO 14N BETWEEN 95W AND 108W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 
FT IN MIXED W SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 16N95W TO 14N95W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 
FT.

.TROUGH 07N116W TO 16N116W.  WITHIN 180 NM OF TROUGH  E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE W OF TROUGH FROM 04N TO 16N  NW WIND 
TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH 07N121W TO 15N121W.  FROM 07N TO 15N 
BETWEEN 103W AND 120W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NW  
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH DISSIPATED.  FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 
117W AND 125W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 08N TO 13.5N BETWEEN 84W AND 92W...INCLUDING GULFS OF 
PAPAGAYO AND FONSECA...NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 09N TO 12N BETWEEN 84W AND 92W... 
INCLUDING GULFS OF PAPAGAYO AND FONSECA...NE TO E WIND 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 05N FROM 79W TO 81W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST  N WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.COLD FRONT 30N129W TO 22N140W.  W OF FRONT N OF 28N  W TO NW 
WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT  
WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL.  E OF FRONT N 
OF 24N W OF 130W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  REORGANIZED COLD FRONT 30N129W TO 22N138W 
WITH TROUGH FROM 30N131W TO 24N135W.  N OF 27N W OF TROUGH  NW 
TO N WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 13N 
W OF 122W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 30N127W TO 26N129W TO 21N132W.  N 
OF 27N W OF FRONT  N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 10N W OF 115W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 25N TO 18N AND BETWEEN 106W AND 
109W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA  NW TO N WIND TO 20 KT.  
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 25N TO 18N AND BETWEEN 106W AND 
109W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA  NW TO N WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1415 UTC FRI JAN 23

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 04N77W TO 05N87W TO 
03N97W TO 06N112W TO 05N140W.  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS AND 45 NM N OF 
AXIS E OF 97W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
OCCURRING WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 112W AND 126W AND BETWEEN 
131W AND 140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITH ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTION 
WAS OCCURRING FROM 08N TO 18N BETWEEN 105W AND 114W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.