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FZPN03 KNHC 160916
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN MAY 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN MAY 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAY 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAY 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 09N TO 20N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. S OF 09N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 14N 
BETWEEN 110W AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN SW 
SWELL. S OF 05N BETWEEN 80W AND 86W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 16N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 16N W OF 
120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW 
SWELL. S OF 04N BETWEEN 81W AND 86W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 14N W OF 128W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. S OF 09N W OF 120W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. S OF 05N 
BETWEEN 110W AND 120W...AND S OF 03N BETWEEN 95W AND 110W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT WITH PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.30 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N135W TO 29N140W. N OF 29N E OF 
FRONT TO 128W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N127W TO 27N140W. WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC SUN MAY 16...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 07N78W TO 09N87W TO 
07N100W TO 08N120W TO 08N130W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 60-70 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
AXIS E OF 87W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS NOTED ALONG THE PACIFIC 
COAST OF COLOMBIA N OF 3N. SCATTERED MODERATE IS WITHIN 70-80 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF AXIS W OF 128W.
 
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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.