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FZPN03 KNHC 201540
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC TUE OCT 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE OCT 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED OCT 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU OCT 22.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TROPICAL STORM RICK AT 20.1N 110.8W 991 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT 20 
MOVING NE OR 040 DEG AT 6 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 55 GUSTS 
65 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 75 NM S SEMICIRCLE... 
100 NM NE QUADRANT AND 140 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR 
GREATER WITHIN 210 NM E SEMICIRCLE...240 NM SW QUADRANT AND 270 
NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 20 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL STORM RICK NEAR 22.7N 107.7W.  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 55 GUSTS 65 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WIND WITHIN 90 NM N SEMICIRCLE...100 NM SE QUADRANT AND 75 NM SW 
QUADRANT.  LITTLE CHANGE IN SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITH SEAS TO 
16 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL DEPRESSION RICK DISSIPATING INLAND 
NEAR 26.4N 102.7W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 20 GUSTS 25 KT. 
 
...GALE WARNING...

.WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 13N98W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT.
SEAS TO 12 FT. 
.06 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN GALE FORCE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN RICK WARNINGS.  WITHIN 240 NM OF CENTER WIND 
TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN RICK WARNING.  WITHIN 150 
NM NE AND 240 NM SW SEMICIRCLES  WIND TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA S OF 30N NW WIND 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN GALE WARNING.  WITHIN 75 NM OF LINE FROM 
15N95W TO 12N99W  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE FROM 15N95W TO 13N97W
N TO NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N95W
N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 17N TO 22N W OF 128W  NE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 13N TO 21N W OF 128W  NE TO E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 22N W OF 120W  WIND LESS THAN 20  
KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.

.N OF 28N E OF 121W  NW TO N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 25N E OF 125W  NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 22N E OF 120W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.
SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.N OF 22N W OF 130W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...N OF 21N W OF 125W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 22N W OF 120W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC TUE OCT 20...
.HURRICANE RICK...SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 60 NM OF 
CENTER EXCEPT 180 NM NE QUADRANT.  SCATTERED MODERATE ELSEWHERE 
WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...09N83W TO 08N98W TO 13N106W TO 
14N115W TO 07N132W TO 08N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITH ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS E OF 106W AND WITHIN 180 NM SE OF 
AXIS FROM 109W TO 117W.

$$ 
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.