000
FZPN03 KNHC 230303
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI OCT 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC FRI OCT 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT OCT 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN OCT 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 27N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
12 FT IN MIXED N AND NW SWELL. FROM 12N TO 26N W OF 117W NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 09N W OF 118W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N BETWEEN 122W AND 132W N TO NE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 11 FT IN MIXED N AND NW SWELL. FROM 12N TO 25N W OF 
130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 09N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13N W OF 125W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 10N W OF 112W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC FRI OCT 23...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS ALONG 10N E OF 
140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 09N TO 11N E OF 
92W AND FROM 09N TO 13N W OF 113W.

$$ 
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.