000
FZPN03 KNHC 180943
HSFEP2

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.3N94.7W TO 
15N94.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.3N94.7W TO 15N95W TO 13.5N97W TO 12N101W...INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT W OF 97W. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16.3N94.7W TO 14.5N95W TO 13.5N96.5W TO 13.5N101W...INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT W OF 96W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N 
TO 14N BETWEEN 101W AND 106W...E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NE SWELL.

.TROUGH 30N124W TO 21N125W. N OF 26N BETWEEN 129W AND 136W...N 
TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MERGING S AND N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 30N126W TO 23N128W. N OF 27N BETWEEN 
130W AND 137W...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DIFFUSE. N OF 26N BETWEEN 129W AND 
140W...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.FROM 12N TO 17N W OF 136W...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.TROUGH 13N109W TO LOW PRES 11N116W 1007 MB. WITHIN 120 NM E AND 
SE QUADRANTS OF LOW...WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 11N116W 1007 MB. WITHIN 180 NM OF LOW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 13N115W 1007 MB. WITHIN 180 NM OF LOW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.    

.06 HOUR FORECAST FROM 23N TO 28N FROM 115W E TO THE BAJA 
PENINSULA...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 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 MON MAY 18...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS WAS ALONG 08N78W TO 08N86W 
TO 08.5N98W TO 13N112W TO LOW PRES 11N116W TO 07N126W TO 
08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS 
WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 03N85W TO 11N103W...AND WITHIN 
240 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 112W AND 125W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.