000
FZPN03 KNHC 111538
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC WED FEB 11 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED FEB 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU FEB 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI FEB 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 22N TO 26N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE 11N86W TO 11N88W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 11N86W TO 10N90W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.W OF LINE FROM 25N140W TO 17N110W TO 10N110W TO 07N140W NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 100W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT 
IN N SWELL. W OF LINE 27N140W TO 16N119W TO 09N118W TO 08N140W 
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
27N115W TO 10N98W TO 00N93W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.

.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE 16N95W TO 14N95W N WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC WED FEB 11...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...02N79W TO 01N87W TO 03N95W TO 
01N110W TO 03N125W TO 04N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

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.FORECASTER EC. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.