000
FZPN03 KNHC 240323
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC FRI DEC 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT DEC 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN DEC 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 28N W OF 132W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 07W W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 25N140W. W OF FRONT 
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 
30N140W. N OF 26N E OF FRONT TO 125W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 20N W OF 115W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 20N TO 25N 
BETWEEN 112W AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N122W TO 19N131W. N OF 27N 
WITHIN 90 NM W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 16 
FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 30N140W. N OF 29N WITHIN 60 NM E 
OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 07N TO 14N W OF 115W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.  

.S OF 07N W OF 125W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN   
PRIMARILY SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 07N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 135W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 
FT IN SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 07N W OF 125W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND SE SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA 06 HOUR FORECAST FROM 24N TO 28N NW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 23N TO 29N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 16N95W TO 13N97W N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO 12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 12N NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF FONSECA 12 HOUR FORECAST N OF 12N E OF 89W NE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST 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 0300 UTC FRI DEC 24...
  
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS ALONG 02N78W TO 05N90W TO 
07N101W TO 06N120W TO 09N140W. TROUGH WITHIN THE ITCZ FROM 
10N100W TO 06N102W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 120 NM W 
OF TROUGH.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.