000
FZPN03 KNHC 250859
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED FEB 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED FEB 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU FEB 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF LINE FROM 30N123W TO 20N130W TO 15N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. FROM 03N TO 17N W OF 
120W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 13N130W TO 13N140W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
FROM 02N TO 13N W OF 115W E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 30N130W TO 23N125W TO 17N125W
TO 15N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY 
NW WINDS. FROM 03N TO 15N W OF 120W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT. 

.WITHIN 60-75 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 13N97W N 
TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 
13N BETWEEN 95W AND 110W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 11N 
BETWEEN 95W AND 115W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL.

.WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 07N95W 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W 
TO 08N95W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 11N BETWEEN 86W AND 90W INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.N OF 06N BETWEEN 78W AND 80W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA N 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 26N E OF 118W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N E OF 118W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N BETWEEN 112W AND 118W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. FROM 15N TO 23N BETWEEN 116W AND 
125W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0845 UTC WED FEB 25...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 05N77W TO 06N90W TO 
01N120W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90-120 NM N OF THE 
AXIS W OF 130W. 

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.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.