000
FZPN03 KNHC 172100
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC FRI APR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN APR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 21N BETWEEN 109W AND 124W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 123W AND 129W N WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 124W AND 130W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 09N TO 25N W OF LINE FROM 25N129W TO 09N116W NE TO E WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 08N W OF 111W 
EXCEPT N OF 27N W OF 130W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 09N W OF LINE FROM 09N122W TO 24N140W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 114W FROM 05N 
TO 18N AND W OF 129W N OF 18N WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 20N AND N TO NE SWELL S OF 20N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 21N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 16N W OF 122W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 28N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 10N TO 12N W OF 90W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1915 UTC FRI APR 17...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07N77W TO 09N87W TO 05N105W TO 
04N120W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM S OF AXIS 
AND N OF AXIS TO COAST OF PANAMA AND COSTA RICA BETWEEN 83W AND 
85W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM N AND 150 NM S OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 92W AND 96W.

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.