000
FZPN03 KNHC 170922
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC TUE FEB 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE FEB 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED FEB 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU FEB 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 15N W OF 120W AND N OF 25N BETWEEN 115W AND 120W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 15N W 
OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N135W TO 26N140W. N OF 28N WITHIN 
240 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. FROM 
09N TO 15N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 05N W OF 113W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N133W TO 25N140W. N OF 26N WITHIN 
240 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. W OF 
FRONT NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N 
OF 05N W OF 113W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL.

.N OF 07N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA N WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 11N E OF 89W INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO NE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 30N NW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC TUE FEB 17...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 01N95W TO 03N120W TO 
02N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER DSG. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.