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FZPN03 KNHC 200945
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED MAY 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAY 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAY 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAY 22.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.2N94.5W TO 15N94.7W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 30 TO 35 KT.  SEAS 
TO 11 FT.
.09 HOUR FORECAST WINDS BELOW GALE FORCE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 
16.2N94.5W TO 15N95W TO 13N99W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT E WINDS W OF 
97W.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 13N BETWEEN 99W AND 
105W...E TO SE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 9 FT IN E SWELL.
.09 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 16.2N94.5W TO 14.5N95W TO 
12.5N97W...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.  FROM 
10N TO 14.5N BETWEEN 108W AND 102W...WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 
13.5N96W...NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 28N FROM 117W TO W COAST OF BAJA PENINSULA...NW WINDS 20 
KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N FROM 117W TO W COAST OF BAJA 
PENINSULA...NW WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.

.LOW PRES 10.5N119.5W 1008 MB.  WITHIN 120 NM E QUADRANT AND 240 
NM S SEMICIRCLE...WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 12N108W 1008 MB.  WITHIN 120 NM E 
SEMICIRCLE...WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 13N110W 1008 MB.  WITHIN 120 NM E AND 
NE SEMICIRCLES...WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0800 UTC WED MAY 20...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07N81W TO 06N90W TO 09N99W TO 
09N107W TO 12N117W TO 05N133W TO 04N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 150 NM OF AXIS E OF 122W.  ISOLATED 
MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM OF AXIS FROM 129W TO 136W.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.