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FZPN03 KNHC 160858
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT JAN 16 2010

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT JAN 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN JAN 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON JAN 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WEAKENING COLD FRONT 30N130W TO 23N140W. N OF 29N WITHIN 120 NM 
E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF BAJA PENINSULA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 140W.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 20N W OF BAJA 
PENINSULA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 25N140W SW TO W 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND SW 
WIND WAVES...HIGHEST SEAS FAR NW CORNER. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 
115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 07N TO 16N W OF 120W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 
TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE SW OF A 
LINE FROM 20N140W TO 20N105W TO 10N91W TO 00N80W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE 
SW OF A LINE FROM 20N140W TO 20N105W TO 10N90W TO 00N85W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 12N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE SW OF 
A LINE FROM 20N140W TO 20N115W TO 10N90W TO 00N82W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 91W INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO NE TO E 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHEST LATE NIGHT 
AND EARLY MORNING.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.18 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W INCLUDING GULF OF 
TEHAUNTEPEC N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N94.5W TO 
13N97W INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N TO 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC SAT JAN 16...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04N78W TO 03N85W TO 09N105W TO 
06N120W TO 04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM N OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 120W AND 130W. 

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.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.