000
FZPN03 KNHC 150901
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI MAY 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAY 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAY 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAY 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 24N BETWEEN 117W AND 127W...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
PRIMARILY IN N SWELL. ALSO WITHIN 60 NM OF W COAST OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA S OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 117W AND 128W... NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N BETWEEN 124W AND 132W...N WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.

.WITHIN 600 NM W AND NW OF LINE FROM 24N117W TO 20N117W TO 
03.5N140W...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 22N W OF 124W...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 107W...W TO SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0815 UTC FRI MAY 15...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS WAS ALONG LINE FROM 08N77W 
TO 08N87W TO 10N98W TO 11N103W TO 10N110W TO 04N140W. SCATTERED 
TO NUMEROUS MODERATE WITH ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS 
OCCURRING WITHIN 300 NM S OF AXIS E OF 116W. ISOLATED TO 
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 240 NM N OF 
AXIS W OF 96W. CONVECTION WILL REMAIN VERY ACTIVE DUE TO 
FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.