000
FZPN03 KNHC 090314
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE FEB 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE FEB 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED FEB 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 07N TO 23N W OF 120W NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT S OF 14N 
25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL...HIGHEST 
S OF 14N. FROM 08N TO 13N BETWEEN 117W AND 120W NE WIND 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 08N 
W OF 117W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED 
NW...SW...AND SE SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 24N W OF 124W NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 16 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 12N. 
FROM 06N TO 18N BETWEEN 116W AND 124W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 14 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. S OF 06N W OF 116W WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW...SW...AND SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 14N115W TO 07N126W TO 03N140W.  N 
OF TROUGH TO 23N W OF 120W N TO NE WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
16 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 15N. N OF TROUGH 
TO 18N BETWEEN 115W AND 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 
FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. S OF TROUGH WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
CONFUSED SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MERGING NW...SW...AND NE SWELL.  

.N OF 26N WITHIN 180 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WIND TO 20 KT.  
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF 120W NW TO 
N WIND TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. EXCEPT AS NOTED 
ABOVE...REMAINDER OF AREA W OF 110W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 28N E OF 124W NW WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF 124W WIND LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE... 
REMAINDER OF AREA W OF 105W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N WITHIN 120 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
COAST NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N 
OF 20N WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. EXCEPT 
AS NOTED ABOVE... REMAINDER OF AREA W OF 102W WIND LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.

.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09.5N TO 12.5N E OF 88W...INCLUDING GULF 
OF PAPAGAYO...NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT. 

.30 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 16N94.5W TO 14N95.5W 
TO 12N97W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WIND 20 TO 
30 KT. SEAS TO 10 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 0230 UTC MON FEB 8...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS ANALYZED ALONG 04N77W TO 
04N82W TO 08N90W TO 04N104W TO 08N120W TO 08N134W TO 05N140W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 150 NM N AND 
30 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 119W AND 131W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.