000
FZPN03 KNHC 180959
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SAT APR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON APR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N BETWEEN 120W AND 127W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N 
SWELL. FROM 06N TO 25N W OF 115W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 125W AND 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. FROM 08N TO 18N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 25N W OF 115W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 19N W OF 125W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 28N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 25N TO 29N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.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

.GULF OF PANAMA N OF 06N BETWEEN 79W AND 81W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 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 0830 UTC SAT APR 18...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
AXIS FROM 05N77W TO 10N95W TO 08N113W TO 01N140W. THERE ARE NO 
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITCZ AT THIS 
TIME.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.