000
FZPN03 KNHC 172215
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC FRI DEC 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT DEC 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN DEC 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 30N120W TO 26N127W. WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 29N BETWEEN 124W AND 127W. 
SECOND COLD FRONT SW OF AREA THROUGH 30N140W. N OF 26N E OF 
FRONT TO 130W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FIRST FRONT DISSIPATED. SECOND FRONT FROM 
30N134W TO 29N140W. N OF 27N E OF FRONT TO 128W SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 30N126W TO 
25N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N128W TO 27N140W. N OF 29N E 
OF FRONT TO 123W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 30N120W TO 21N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.TROUGH FROM 14N130W TO LOW PRES NEAR 11N134W 1013 MB TO 
09N135W. FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 132W AND 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW DISSIPATED. TROUGH FROM 15N137W TO 
12N140W. FROM 13N TO 15N BETWEEN 133W AND 139W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH W OF AREA. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.S OF 06N W OF 130W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT S OF 03N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06N W OF 132W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05N W OF 135W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.

.TROUGH FROM 11N108W TO LOW PRES 09N109W 1014 MB TO 07N111W. 
FROM 09N TO 11N BETWEEN 107W AND 109W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 09N111W 1013 MB. FROM 10N TO 12N 
BETWEEN 110W AND 113W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 10N113W 1011 MB. FROM 10N TO 12N 
BETWEEN 112W AND 114W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.   

.LOW PRES NEAR 07N89W 1011 MB. FROM 04N TO 06N BETWEEN 86W AND 
88W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W N WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING GULF 
OF TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 2100 UTC FRI DEC 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 04N78W TO LOW PRES NEAR 
07N89W TO LOW PRES NEAR 09N109W TO LOW PRES NEAR 11N134W TO 
10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 127W AND 130W. 

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.