000
FZPN03 KNHC 181502
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC WED AUG 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED AUG 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU AUG 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI AUG 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 02N TO 08N BETWEEN 90W AND 115W S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 05N BETWEEN 82W AND 
127W EXCEPT N OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 10N BETWEEN 105W AND 112W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 15N 
BETWEEN 90W AND 122W EXCEPT N OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 1O FT IN SW SWELL. S OF 08N BETWEEN 
80W AND 87W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 110W S TO SW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 18N 
BETWEEN 90W AND 122W EXCEPT N OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL. S OF 08N BETWEEN 
80W AND 88W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.

.36 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF THE W COAST OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA N OF 26N NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 1500 UTC WED AUG 18...
.TROUGH FROM 19N106W TO 15N101W...ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 120 
NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF MEXICAN 
COAST FROM 19N TO 22N. 

.SCATTERED MODERATE S OF EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA N OF 10N E OF 
92W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 07N TO 11N BETWEEN 92W AND 
99W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...10N83W TO 14N93W TO 10N100W TO 
10N120W TO 07N140. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 99W AND 117W.        

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.FORECASTER FORMOSA. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.