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FZPN03 KNHC 082129
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC MON FEB 08 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON FEB 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE FEB 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED FEB 10.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 07N TO 20N W OF 117W  NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT...HIGHEST S OF 
13N.  SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 
14N.  EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW...ELSEWHERE W OF 110W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 06N TO 24N W OF 124W NE WIND 20 TO 30 
KT.  SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.  FROM 06N TO 19N 
BETWEEN 117W AND 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.  EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW...ELSEWHERE W OF 
106W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW 
SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST  TROUGH FROM 13N116W TO 05N140W.  N OF TROUGH 
TO 23N W OF 120W  N TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 9 TO 16 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. N OF TROUGH TO 18N W OF 110W  NE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.  EXCEPT AS 
NOTED BELOW...W OF 103W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL.

.N OF 26N WITHIN 180 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA  NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 
9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 23N E OF 120W  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 23N WITHIN 120 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA   
NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 23N 
E OF 118W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 29N WITHIN 120 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
COAST  NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE E 
OF 120W  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 91W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...E WIND 
20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.30 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.36 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC  WITHIN 120 NM OF COAST   
N WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 13N96W  N 
TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT. 

.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 06N FROM 78W TO 80W  INCLUDING GULF OF 
PANAMA...N WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC MON FEB 8...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS ANALYZED ALONG 04N77W TO 
04N81W TO 07N88W TO 04N94W TO 05N111W TO 07.5N123W TO 07N130W TO 
09N135W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING 
WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 118W AND 134W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.