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FZPN03 KNHC 101522
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI APR 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI APR 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT APR 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROUGH 30N121W TO 27N123W TO 26N127W. N OF 27N WITHIN 420 NM W 
OF TROUGH NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 30N115W TO 28N115W. N OF 27N BETWEEN 
115W AND 124W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N E OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 115W AND 120W NW TO N WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N 
BETWEEN 114W ANS 126W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW 
SWELL.

.FROM 09N TO 21N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. N OF THE EQUATOR W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 
120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 22W W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT WITH MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. S OF 24N W OF 110W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND W SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 09N BETWEEN 97W AND 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 19N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF EQUATOR W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW 
SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO 
E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N SW WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 120 NM OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO BETWEEN 102W AND 
106W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 17N TO THE MEXICAN COAST BETWEEN 104W AND 
108W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1530 UTC FRI APR 10...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N83W TO 03N100W TO 01N115W 
TO 03N125W TO 01N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 
04N TO 07N BETWEEN 89W AND 94W.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.