000
FZPN03 KNHC 170341
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC FRI DEC 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT DEC 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN DEC 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N127W TO 27N130W TO 26N140W. W OF FRONT TO 
131W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N E OF 
FRONT TO 124W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT NW 
OF AREA. N OF 28N E OF FRONT 130W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N133W TO 28N140W. N OF 27N E 
OF FRONT TO 128W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 20N124W TO 25N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.FROM 23N TO 26N E OF 113W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 24N TO 27N E OF 115W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF PANAMA N OF 04N BETWEEN 78W AND 80W N TO NE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.18 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 1010 MB NEAR 07N87W. WITHIN 60 NM SE 
QUADRANT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.24 HOUR TROUGH FROM 13N132W TO 09N135W. FROM 10N TO 12N BETWEEN 
133W AND 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 17N135W TO 14N138W. 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 AS OF 0000 UTC FRI DEC 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 08N78W TO LOW PRES 
NEAR 08N90W...TO 05N92W TO 08N107W TO 05N115W TO 10N130W TO 
10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 08N TO 10N BETWEEN 
105W AND 108W. 

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.