000
FZPN03 KNHC 290951
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU JAN 29 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU JAN 29.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI JAN 30.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT JAN 31.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.42 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM FROM COAST
N WIND 25 TO 35 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 20N W OF 128W E WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 14 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 13N W OF 118W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN 
NE SWELL...HIGHEST FAR NW CORNER.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 20N BETWEEN 120W AND 136W  NE WIND
20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  N OF 20N W OF 135W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 FT IN E SWELL...HIGHEST W PART.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 09N TO 16N W OF 135W  NE WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 20N W OF 135W  WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT. 

.FROM 05N TO 10N W OF 115W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN 
NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 11N W OF 128W  E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 
TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST AREA MERGED WITH ABOVE PARAGRAPH. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 23N  NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 23N  NW WIND 20 TO 30 
KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT...EXCEPT 10 FT FROM 23N TO 27N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 25N  NW WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.

.42 HOUR FORECAST...N OF 14N FROM 94W TO 96W...EXCEPT AS NOTED 
IN WARNING...N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE. 

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO  FROM 09N TO 11N E OF 88W  NE WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0315 UTC THU JAN 29
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...02N79W TO 04N90W TO 01N110W TO 
01N137W TO 02N140W.  NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.