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FZPN03 KNHC 280907
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC SAT AUG 28 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT AUG 28.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN AUG 29.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON AUG 30.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM FRANK NEAR 20.3N 112.4W 1005 MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 
28 MOVING NNW OR 345 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT 
GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM OF CENTER. 
SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 75 NM W SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE 
QUADRANT AND 150 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 13 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW FRANK NEAR 21.3N 
112.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW FRANK NEAR 21.8N 
111.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FRANK WARNING...WITHIN 90 NM W AND 150 NM E 
SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 
11N TO 18N BETWEEN 108W AND 114W SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT PRIMARILY IN S AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FRANK WARNING...WITHIN 90 
NM N AND 120 NM S SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 17N TO 20N BETWEEN 111W AND 114W SW TO W 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY S AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN FRANK WARNING...WITHIN 60 
NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN S AND W 
SWELL.

.ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 24N BETWEEN 97W AND 123W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN S AND SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 
128W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN S AND W 
SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N BETWEEN 111W AND 128W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN S AND W SWELL.

.S OF 04N BETWEEN 125W AND 132W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT 
PRIMARILY IN SE SWELL. S OF 07S BETWEEN 92W AND 107W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. FROM 04N TO 07N BETWEEN 
81W AND 86W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 10N BETWEEN 90W AND 102W SW TO W 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 
04N BETWEEN 92W AND 108W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
S TO SW SWELL. S OF 07N BETWEEN 81W AND 88W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 92W AND 105W WINDS SW 
TO W 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 11N 
BETWEEN 90W AND 110W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S 
TO SW SWELL. FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 90W AND 111W AND S OF 09N 
BETWEEN 80W AND 87W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

.N OF 28N BETWEEN 119W AND 130W NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT IN MIXED N AND S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 117W AND 130W N WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N BETWEEN 114W AND 120W NW TO N WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0845 UTC SAT AUG 28...
.TROPICAL STORM FRANK...NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION. 

.TROPICAL WAVE N OF 08N ALONG 93W...SCATTERED STRONG W OF WAVE 
WITHIN 75 NM OF LINE FROM 12N94W TO 15N98W. 

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG N OF 06N BETWEEN 81W AND 87W TO 
THE COAST OF W PANAMA AND COSTA RICA.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...FROM 09N84W TO 06N93W TO 
08N105W THEN RESUMES NEAR 12N113W TO 09N119W TO 11N131W TO 
09N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER PAW. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.