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FZPN03 KNHC 182120
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED MAR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 13N95W INCLUDING 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM FROM COAST N 
TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 
11.5N98W INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10N88W 
INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 11N E OF 90W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 09N TO 18N W OF 128W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT
IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 18N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS
TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 18N W OF 132W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT. 

.N OF 28N BETWEEN 120W AND 125W NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 
TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 20N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N117W TO 13N121W TO 07N140W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 
FROM 30N122W TO 14N125W TO 10N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2030 UTC WED MAR 18...
.NUMEROUS MODERATE FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 124W AND 127W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 09N TO 11N W OF 138W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...03N78W TO 04N90W TO 00N112W 
01N120W TO 04N130W TO 07N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.
 
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.FORECASTER COHEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.