000
FZPN03 KNHC 210915
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED OCT 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 OCT 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU OCT 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI OCT 23.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM RICK NEAR 21.8N 108.2W 990 MB AT 0900 UTC OCT 21
MOVING NE OR 050 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT
GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE
QUADRANT...130 NM SE QUADRANT...60 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 85 NM NW 
QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM W SEMICIRCLE... 
180 NM NE QUADRANT AND 220 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 21 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW RICK INLAND NEAR 24.3N 104.7W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 12 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST ...DISSIPATED.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN RICK WARNING. WITHIN 360 NM OF CENTER 
INCLUDING GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...EXCEPT AS NOTED IN RICK WARNING. WITHIN 180 
NM OF CENTER INCLUDING GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14N FROM 94W TO 96W N WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 25N E OF 122W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
FROM 13N TO 23N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 11N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N FROM 120W TO 127W N WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT WITH NW SWELL. FROM 14N TO 22N W OF 130W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 12N W 
OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED N AND NW 
SWELL. HIGHEST SEAS NW PART.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 120W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 
TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 17N TO 25N W OF 127W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 11N W OF 117W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC WED OCT 21...
.TROPICAL STORM RICK...NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 100 NM 
OF 23.5N108W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 75 NM OF THE COAST OF 
CENTRAL AMERICA FROM WESTERN PANAMA TO NORTHERN COSTA RICA.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07N77W TO 07N90W TO 13N110W TO 
08N120W TO 11N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF ITCZ FROM 84W TO 
100W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM OF 07N104W AND 09N107W.
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF ITCZ 
FROM 121W TO 128W.

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.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.