000
FZPN03 KNHC 090301
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC MON MAR 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON MAR 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 03N TO 25N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 22N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT. N OF 28N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 15N TO 25N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 20N...AND TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL 
FROM 12N TO 20N.

.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. ELSEWHERE S OF 08N BETWEEN 95W AND 120W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W 
TO 08N96W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W 
TO 08N94W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. 

.N OF 05N FROM 79W TO 81W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N TO 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 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 0300 UTC MON MAR 09...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...03N78W TO 05N90W TO 02N110W TO 
04N125W TO 04N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.