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FZPN03 KNHC 100356
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT APR 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON APR 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.N OF 25N W OF 116W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN 
BROAD MIX OF NW...N AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 107W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT NEARING NW PORTIONS. N OF 28.5N W 
OF 128W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 113W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N125W TO 22N140W. NW OF FRONT N 
OF 27.5N W TO 134W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 26.5N WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
20N W OF 111W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NW 
AND SW SWELL. 

.FROM 03N TO 10N W OF 132W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NE WIND WAVES...AND MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. S OF 03S 
BETWEEN 106W AND 117W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT IN MERGING 
SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 20N107W TO 00N92W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 20N113W TO 00N92W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL...HIGHEST 
S OF 05N BETWEEN 110W AND 120W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 20N111W TO 08N92W TO 00N92W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW 
SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 05S BETWEEN 92W AND 115W. 

.WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W TO 15N95W TO 
12N96.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...ELSEWHERE FROM 
10N TO 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 99W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. FROM 09N TO 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 100W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N N WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  

.FROM 09.5N TO 12N E OF 90W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11.5N86W TO 
10N94W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11.5N86W TO 
10.5N88W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 10N BETWEEN 88W AND 98W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED E AND SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0345 UTC SAT APR 10... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 05N77W TO 06N85W TO 
05N108W TO 03N117W TO 06N124W TO 01N130W TO 02N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 87W AND 102W. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS MODERATE 
TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 180-240 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 112W 
AND 136W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.