000
FZPN03 KNHC 220932
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED APR 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED APR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16N95W TO 13N97W TO 09N100W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN SW SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 13N 
BETWEEN 95W AND 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE 11N86W TO 10N88W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL AND E WIND WAVES.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 09N79W TO 07N79W...INCLUDING 
GULF OF PANAMA...N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 06N TO 13N W OF 120W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 13N135W TO 10N105W TO 00N95W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 16N W OF 120W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N BETWEEN 90W AND 125W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 14N BETWEEN 90W AND 115W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC WED APR 22...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04N77W TO 07N83W TO 03N125W TO 
04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 180 NM S OF 
AXIS BETWEEN 80W AND 87W.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.