000
FZPN03 KNHC 260332
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI FEB 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI FEB 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5N TO 14.5N9W 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 07.5N TO 15N BETWEEN 91W AND 102W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE SWELL. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.36 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W 
TO 14N95W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 14.5N95W 
TO 12N97W INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 26N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N137W TO 28.5N140W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 11 FT. E OF FRONT NW OF A LINE FROM 27.5N140W TO 30N133W 
SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 23N E OF 
118W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 06N 
TO 20N W OF 115W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM THE TIP OF THE 
BAJA PENINSULA TO 10N102W TO 00N110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N127.5W TO 23.5N140W. W OF FRONT 
W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 
27N E OF FRONT TO 123W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
NW SWELL. FROM 06N TO 15N W OF 118W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
TIP OF BAJA PENINSULA TO 05N94.5W TO 00N106W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 25N E OF 129W W TO 
NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 23 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 
14N W OF 134W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE 16N133W TO 25N129W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 20 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
16N110W TO 00N97W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC FRI FEB 26...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 06N77W TO 01N95W TO 
05N111W TO 06N133W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 210 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 89W AND 96W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 121W AND 128W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM N OF AXIS 
AND 180 NM S OF AXIS W OF 134W. 

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.FORECASTER AL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.