000
FZPN03 KNHC 141517
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT FEB 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FEB 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN FEB 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON FEB 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 24N E OF 117W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. FROM 05N TO 25N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
13 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 04N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N130W TO 25N140W. W OF FRONT NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. N OF 27N WITHIN 300 NM E OF 
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. FROM 08N TO 20N W 
OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 
04N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY 
IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N125W TO 24N128W. W OF FRONT NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. N OF 25N WITHIN 240 NM E OF 
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. FROM 10N TO 17N W 
OF 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 115W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 11N E OF 90W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 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 SAT FEB 14...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 02N100W TO 04N120W TO 
03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 90 NM N OF AXIS 
AND EAST OF 84W TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS 
NEAR 3N78W...AND NEAR 4N131.5W. 

$$
.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.