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FZPN03 KNHC 241522
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT JAN 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT JAN 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON JAN 26.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 06N FROM 79W TO 81W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE. 

.WITHIN 60 NM OF ITCZ FROM 84W TO 77W  WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH 
GUSTS TO GALE FORCE NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION.  SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF ITCZ FROM 82W TO 77W  WIND 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT E OF 81W. ELSEWHERE SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 86W AND 91W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.2N94.7W TO 15.5N94.7W 
...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 16N94.5W TO 14N96W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT.

.REORGANIZED FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 30N129W TO 24N137W WITH 1014 MB 
LOW PRES CENTER NEAR 31N131.5W.  N OF 27N AND W OF 136W  N WIND 
20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONTAL 
TROUGH  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH DISSIPATED.  NEW LOW PRES 1015 MB NEAR 
28N131W WITH COLD FRONT TO 22N133W.  W OF COLD FRONT  N TO NE 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW AND FRONTAL TROUGH DISSIPATED.  NW OF 
LINE FROM 27N127W TO 20N140W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 
14 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WAVES. 

.SURFACE TROUGH 08N118W TO 15N115W MOVING W NEAR 15 KT.  N OF 
10N AND WITHIN 180 NM OF TROUGH  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH ALONG 124W FROM 08N TO 22N.  WITHIN 
180 NM W OF TROUGH AXIS  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH ALONG 128W FROM 08N TO 21N WITH 
DEVELOPING LOW PRES CENTER NEAR 19N122W.  N OF 17N WITHIN 240 NM 
W OF TROUGH AXIS  N TO NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 10 FT. 

.ELSEWHERE N OF 06N W OF 120W  NE WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  ELSEWHERE W OF 115W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  ELSEWHERE N OF 08N W OF 114W  WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN NW SWELL. CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO MERGE 
WITH TROUGH CONDITIONS ABOVE.

.FROM 18N TO 22N AND E OF 110W  NW TO N WIND 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 26N TO 18N AND E OF 109W... INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...NW TO N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE IN WIND.  S OF 20N SEAS TO 8 
FT. ELSEWHERE SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1345 UTC SAT JAN 24

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 04N77W TO 02N84W TO 
03N93W TO 03N102W TO 05N117W TO 05N130W TO 05N140W. NUMEROUS 
MODERATE AND ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 60 
NM OF AXIS E OF 84W.  ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING 
WITHIN 240 NM OF AXIS W OF 85W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
OCCURRING WITHIN 240 NM OF TROUGH AXIS ALONG 118/119W FROM 08N 
TO 17N.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.