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FZPN03 KNHC 080933
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC THU APR 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT APR 10.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 24N TO 28N E OF 118W TO THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW TO 
N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 22N W OF 127W
NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN N W SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N W OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 26N126W TO 
22N131W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW TO N 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 19N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N BETWEEN 120W AND 127W NW TO N WINDS
TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 19N W OF
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 26N BETWEEN 118W AND 133W. 

.N OF 08N W OF 122W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT 
IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL...HIGHEST FROM 10N TO 16N
BETWEEN 124W AND 135W. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 22N110W TO 
12N102W TO 00N90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 22N W OF 127W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE
W OF LINE FROM 19N110W TO 12N100W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 19N W OF 130W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM
19N109W TO 10N96W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 25N TO 28N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT.   
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM FROM COAST
N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 12N BETWEEN 94W AND 97W...INCLUDING GULF 
OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0915 UTC THU APR 08... 
.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF 02N79W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 06N78W TO 07N92W TO
06N104W TO 04N111W TO 03N125W TO 03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE
TO STRONG S OF ITCZ AXIS BETWEEN 105W AND 110W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 131W AND 135W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.