000
FZPN03 KNHC 050321
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU MAR 05 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU MAR 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 07.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 13N96W INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 14N95W N 
TO NE WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT 25 KT AT 1200 UTC. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11N86W TO 09N94W INCLUDING 
THE GULFS OF PAPAGAYO AND FONSECA...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 115W NE TO E WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11N86W TO 
09N94W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 115W NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

.N OF 04N FROM 78W TO 82W INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 25N W OF 118W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. N OF 25N BETWEEN 118W AND 112W NW WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 03N TO 25N W OF 130W 
AND FROM 03N TO 17N BETWEEN 130W AND 115W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N 
W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED N SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 118W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. N OF 25N E OF 118W NW TO N 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 12N TO 25N W 
OF 130W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND 
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
IN NW SWELL. FROM 15N TO 25N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 110W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N SWELL.  

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC THU MAR 05...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 04N77W TO 04N94W TO 
02N112W TO 03N134W TO 02N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 150 NM OF 06N87W AND WITHIN 30 NM OF 03N133W.

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.