000
FZPN03 KNHC 260857
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU FEB 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FEB 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT FEB 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF LINE 30N120W TO 11N125W TO 11N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 11N W OF 94W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 30N135W TO 23N140W. N OF 24N E 
OF FRONTAL TROUGH TO 130W SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 30N127W TO 11N120W TO 11N140W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N132W TO 18N140W. N OF 26N WITHIN 
300 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
NW SWELL. NW OF FRONT NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 112W AND 125W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 FT IN E SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 30N125W TO 00N100W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. 

.WITHIN 75 NM OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 08N94W 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W 
TO 06N97W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.N OF 06N BETWEEN 79W AND 81W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 24N BETWEEN 114W AND 120W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N BETWEEN 114W AND 120W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 20N TO 
25N BETWEEN 112W AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N E OF 118W N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 18N TO 26N E OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 24N TO 28N NW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0845 UTC THU FEB 26...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 04N77W TO 03N90W TO 
05N120W TO 05N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

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.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.