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FZPN03 KNHC 232140
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SAT JAN 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT JAN 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN JAN 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON JAN 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.  

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.PREVIOUS COLD FRONT DISSIPATED.  N OF 20N E OF 120W  NW WIND 20 
TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL.  FROM 16N TO 20N BETWEEN 
104W AND 107W NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE 
N OF 14N W OF 102W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 18 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST N PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 23N E OF 118W TO BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST  
N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 20 FT IN NW SWELL.  FROM 14N TO 23N  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  CONDITIONS MERGED WITH COLD FRONT NOTED 
BELOW.  

.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT JUST NW OF AREA.  N OF 25N W OF 
130W  SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 17 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N 
OF 14N W OF 98W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 17 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT FROM 30N133W TO 27N140W.  N OF 
FRONT  W TO NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE N OF 13N  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
 
.FROM 06N TO 14N W OF 128W  NE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW 
SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 14N W OF 92W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.   
SEAS 16 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 07N TO 14N W OF 112W  NE TO E WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 14N W OF 92W  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN NW TO N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS W.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 05N TO 13N W OF 123W  NE WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 13N W OF 92W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 14 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 24N  NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 26N  NW WIND 
20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 24N TO 29N  NW WIND 
20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2100 UTC SAT JAN 23...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N89W TO 05N95W TO 05N105W TO 
03N115W TO 06N135W TO 06N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 240 NM 
S OF AXIS E OF 90W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS W 
OF 134W.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.