000
FZPN03 KNHC 182110
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC MON MAY 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE MAY 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED MAY 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 13N97W TO 
13N101W INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
30 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16N94.5W TO 13N97W INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 14N 
BETWEEN 94W AND 105W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16N94.5W TO 13N99W INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.

.TROUGH 30N126W TO 24N130W. WITHIN 420 NM W OF TROUGH N TO NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DIFFUSE. WITHIN 360 NM W OF LINE 
30N130W TO 24N135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 23N TO 27N E OF 115W NW 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. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2100 UTC MON MAY 18...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 08N78W TO 10N93W TO 
08N101W TO 11N114W TO 03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 05N77W TO 07N92W TO 
13N105W AND ALSO WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 06N97W TO 
05N105W TO 08N113W AND WITHIN 90 NM OF 06N124W.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.