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FZPN03 KNHC 250343
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI DEC 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT DEC 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN DEC 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N W OF 135W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT 
IN NW SWELL. FROM 15N TO 22N BETWEEN 120W AND 132W NE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF 
LINE FROM 25N111W TO 15N120W TO 12N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N135W TO 25N140W. NW OF FRONT 
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 13 TO 19 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST FAR NW
PART. N OF 26N WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 
20N110W TO 05N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N125W TO 25N132W 
DISSIPATING TO 20N140W. SECOND COLD FRONT JUST NW OF THE AREA. N 
OF 27N WITHIN 90 NM W OF FRONT N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 18 
FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N W OF 136W SW TO W WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO 21 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
30N118W TO 15N115W TO 00N130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 75 NM FROM COAST N
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA S OF 27N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 25N TO 29N NW WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0330 UTC FRI DEC 25...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 08N79W TO 05N95W TO 
08N111W TO 8N120W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG
WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 123W AND 127W. SCATTERED MODERATE
S OF THE ITCZ WITHIN 30 NM OF 05N119W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.