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FZPN03 KNHC 212203
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU JAN 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU JAN 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI JAN 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT JAN 23.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.COLD FRONT FROM 29N114W TO 20N124W TO 13N140W.  SECOND COLD 
FRONT FROM 30N119W TO 18N140W.  W OF SECOND FRONT  W TO NW WIND 
25 TO 35 KT.  SEAS 30 FT IN LARGE NW SWELL.  FROM FIRST FRONT TO 
SECOND FRONT  SW TO W WIND 30 TO 35 KT.  SEAS 20 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONTS MERGED FROM 30N114W TO 17N120W TO 
15N140W.  N OF 25N W OF FRONT TO 128W  W TO NW WIND 30 TO 35 KT. 
SEAS 30 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST  FRONT WEAKENING JUST E OF AREA.  WIND LESS 
THAN GALE FORCE.  

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 29N114W TO 20N140W TO 13N140W MOVING E 25 KT.  
SECOND COLD FRONT FROM 30N119W TO 18N140W.  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN 
WARNINGS...E OF FIRST FRONT  SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 22 FT IN 
NW SWELL.  W OF FIRST FRONT  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 
23 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART.  ELSEWHERE N OF 14N  WIND  
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  MERGED COLD FRONTS FROM 30N114W TO 17N120W TO 
15N140W.  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...ELSEWHERE N OF 23N E OF 
130W AND N OF 27N W OF 130W  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 
28 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF 120W  SW TO W WIND 
20 KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 14N  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 22 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS W PART.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FRONTAL MOVED E OF AREA.  N OF 23N E OF 118W 
NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 20 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 14N WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 19 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N PART.

.FROM 06N TO 14N W OF 131W  NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN 
NW SWELL.  S OF 06N W OF 135W  SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF 100W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 07N TO 14N W OF 130W  NE WIND 20 KT. 
SEAS 14 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 19N104W TO 
09N97W TO 00N95W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 08N TO 14N W OF 119W  NE TO E WIND TO 20 
KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 18N103W 
TO 10N94W TO 00N93W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT EXCEPT FROM 15N TO 23N 
BETWEEN 104W AND 107W  NW TO N TO 20 KT.  SEAS 16 FT IN NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA  N OF 28N  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N  SW TO W WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.48 HOUR FORECAST  NEW COLD FRONT APPROACH NW CORNER.  N OF 27N 
W OF 136W  S TO SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC THU JAN 21...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...02N79W TO 06N88W TO 04N110W TO 
08N130W TO 07N140W.  ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS FROM 
96W TO 100W.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.