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FZPN03 KNHC 120245
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC MON APR 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON APR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE APR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 60-75 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11N86W TO 09N91W INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 12N E OF 90W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.COLD FRONT 30N124W TO 23N140W. W OF FRONT NW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 27N WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT 
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 18N W OF 
112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 29N116W TO 23N130W TO 22N140W.
NW OF TROUGH WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN 
NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. N OF 23N WITHIN 180 NM W OF 
BAJA PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW 
AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS E OF 
130W.  

.S OF 18N BETWEEN 107W AND 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 13N BETWEEN 92W 
AND 107W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 22N TO 27N WITHIN 120 NM W OF BAJA 
PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 
06N TO 15N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 
20N BETWEEN 92W AND 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN S AND SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 17N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 92W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0215 UTC MON APR 12... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 02N79W TO 04N90W 
TO 03N95W TO 06N117W...CONTINUES FROM 07N120W TO 04N140W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 60-90 NM S OF THE AXIS 
BETWEEN 85W AND 92W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 85W AND 
100W...AND WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 104W 
AND 113W. 

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.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.