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FZPN03 KNHC 191528
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SUN APR 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN APR 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE APR 21.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...

.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 
95.5W...N WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.3N94.5W TO 
12.5N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 
TO 40 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT. 

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF A LINE FROM 04N140W TO 06N124W TO 08N109W TO 15N127W TO 
24N140W...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL 
AND NE WIND WAVES...HIGHEST NEAR 15N138W. N OF 26N BETWEEN 122W 
AND 131W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN N TO NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 15N W OF 125W...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N W OF 
120W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE 14N140W TO 00N100W...WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL.

.GULF OF PANAMA N OF 04N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W...N WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 09.5N TO 12.5N E OF 91W...NE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W...NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94.5W 
AND 95.5W...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS INDICATED IN WARNINGS ABOVE...N OF 
14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N 
TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS INDICATED IN WARNINGS ABOVE...90 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.3N94.5W TO 14N94.5W TO 11.5N97.5W... 
N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 19...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 04.5N77W TO 03N81W 
TO 05N85W TO 07N96W TO 05.5N120W TO 04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITH ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 115W AND 138W.M ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
WITHIN 90 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 102W AND 110W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 85W AND 94W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.