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FZPN03 KNHC 132104
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC TUE APR 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE APR 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED APR 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 15.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11N86W TO 10N89W INCLUDING 
GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS BAJA PENINSULA TO 27N115W THEN SHEAR AXIS 
25N124W TO 27N134W. N OF 21N WITHIN 180 NM W OF BAJA PENINSULA 
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 21N W OF 115W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST 
NEAR 30N121W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS DISSIPATED. N OF 24N WITHIN 
120 NM W OF BAJA PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 23N110W TO 15N102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH 30N135W TO 24N140W. N OF 24N W 
OF 130W W TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
23N110W TO 15N106W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 07N TO 21N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. S OF 21N BETWEEN 81W AND 120W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 15N W OF 115W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N W OF 105W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 15N W OF 115W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N W OF 95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2030 UTC TUE APR 13... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 05N78W TO 07N89W TO 
05N94W TO 10N109W TO 07N117W TO 09N124W TO 05N140W. CLUSTERS OF 
SCATTERED MODERATE/STRONG CONVECTION THAT COVERS THE AREA FROM 
02N-10N BETWEEN 83W-90W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION IS FROM 02N TO 06N BETWEEN 90W TO 94W...FROM 05N TO 
07N BETWEEN 97W TO 100W...AND WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE 
ITCZ FROM 116W-121W. 

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.FORECASTER WALLACE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.