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FZPN03 KNHC 160232
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI APR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COLD FRONT 30N131W TO 23N140W. N OF 26N WITHIN 120 NM E OF 
FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 
W OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. N 
OF 24N WITHIN 75 NM W OF BAJA PENINSULA W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FIRST COLD FRONT N OF AREA. NEW COLD FRONT 
30N138W TO 26N140W. N OF 24N E OF FRONT TO 133W S TO SW WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. W OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N W OF 128W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN W SWELL. N OF 26N WITHIN 150 NM W 
OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N131W TO 20N134W. N OF 21N WITHIN 
240 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. S 
OF 26N W OF FRONT W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 8 TO 16 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N WITHIN 90 NM W OF BAJA PENINSULA NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.FROM 08N TO 13N BETWEEN 117W AND 134W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 
05N TO 20N W OF 128W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N BETWEEN LINE 20N108W 
TO 00N94W AND 128W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED 
SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 8N TO 13N BETWEEN 120W AND 135W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND 
WAVES. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 15N105W TO 00N96W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL NW PORTION AND MIXED NW 
AND SW SWELL ELSEWHERE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 12N113W TO 00N95W 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 0230 UTC FRI APR 16... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 03.5N77W TO 
03.5N81W TO 07.5N94W TO 06N105W TO 08N117W TO 07W134W TO 
04.5N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 150 NM S OF 
AXIS BETWEEN 91N AND 97N. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
WITHIN 60 NM N AND 210 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 116W AND 133W. 

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.FORECASTER AL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.