000
FZPN03 KNHC 021500
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI OCT 02 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI OCT 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT OCT 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 04.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM OLAF NEAR 23.1N 117.5W 1000 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT 
02 MOVING N OR 360 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT 
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM NE QUADRANT 
AND 100 NM SE QUADRANT.SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 30 NM W 
SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 150 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS 
TO 16 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM OLAF NEAR 25.2N 116.8W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
WITHIN 70 NM E SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT WITHIN 90 NM NE AND 120 NM 
SE QUADRANTS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW OLAF NEAR 27.1N 113.4W. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT NE SEMICIRCLE.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 240 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 
180 NM S SEMICIRCLE OF TROPICAL STORM OLAF WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N W OF 112W WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED N AND S SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...FROM 23N TO 
27N BETWEEN 112W AND 118W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 15N BETWEEN 111W AND 120W WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...FROM 22N TO 
30N BETWEEN 112W AND 120W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND SW SWELL. 

.NW OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 20N125W TO 12N130W N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N AND NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N W OF 120W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N W OF 100W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N W OF 120W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N W OF 105W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 12N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN S SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA S OF 10N 
W OF 95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 12N131W. WITHIN 180 NM SE QUADRANT SW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 13.5N130.5W. WITHIN 180 NM SE QUADRANT SW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL.   

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1400 UTC FRI OCT 02...

.TROPICAL STORM OLAF...SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 90 NM 
OF A 100 NM WIDE BAND EXTENDING ALONG 25N117W TO 23.5115W TO 
21N116W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE FROM 22N TO 26N BETWEEN 
117W AND 119W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...09N84W TO 09N100W TO 11N119W 
THEN RESUMES AT 13N125W TO 09N140W. CLUSTER OF MODERATE TO 
ISOLATED STRONG IS FROM 07N TO 10N BETWEEN 84W AND 86W. SIMILAR 
CONVECTION IS NOTED FROM 07N TO 12N W OF 128W.

$$ 
.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.