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FZPN03 KNHC 090259
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.W OF LINE 30N122W TO 22N126W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 
TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W OF 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 25N130W TO 22N140W N 
TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. CONFUSED SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN BROAD MIX OF 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 108W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N135W TO 28N140W. NW OF FRONT W 
TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N E 
OF FRONT TO 130W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN MERGING NORTHERLY AND SW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS N OF 
25N BETWEEN 119W AND 125W. 

.FROM 06N TO 22N W OF 126W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 
FT IN MIX OF NE WIND WAVES...AND MERGING NW AND SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 22N110W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 17N W OF 130W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W 
OF LINE FROM 20N108W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 20N112W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL...HIGHEST 
S PART. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA S OF 29N NW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.   
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 60 NM FROM COAST N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N94.5W TO 
14N95.5W TO 12.5N96.5W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 14N 
BETWEEN 94W AND 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N94.5W TO 
14N95.5W TO 12.5N98W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 12.5N 
BETWEEN 88W AND 98W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING 
NE AND SW SWELL. 

.12 HOUR FORECAST 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 FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 13N E OF 88W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0200 UTC FRI APR 09... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 06N76W TO 03N84W TO 
05N104W TO 07N111W TO 06N122W TO 02N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 240 NM N OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 100W AND 110W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
OCCURRING WITHIN 120 NM N AND 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 110W AND 
115W. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG 
CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 115W AND 130W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS W OF 
132W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.