000 FZPN03 KNHC 230945 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC FRI SEP 23 2011 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. PAN PAN E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 23. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT SEP 24. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN SEP 25. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE HILARY NEAR 16.0N 101.9W 944 MB AT 0900 UTC SEP 23 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 125 KT GUSTS 150 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 70 NM NE QUADRANT...55 NM SE QUADRANT...40 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 65 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...130 NM NE QUADRANT AND 70 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 34 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE HILARY NEAR 16.5N 104.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 125 KT GUSTS 150 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 90 NM NE QUADRANT...75 NM SE QUADRANT...60 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 80 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM NE AND 180 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 42 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE HILARY NEAR 17.2N 107.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 110 KT GUSTS 135 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 110 NM N SEMICIRCLE...90 NM SE QUADRANT AND 80 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 240 E AND 210 NM W SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 38 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE HILARY NEAR 17.9N 111.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE HILARY NEAR 18.8N 113.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 95 KT GUSTS 115 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE HILARY NEAR 20.5N 115.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST .EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 90 NM ELSEWHERE OF HILARY WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITHIN 180 NM NE...150 NM SE...120 NM SW AND 110 NM NW QUADRANTS. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...WITHIN 150 NM OF HILARY WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITHIN 210 NM SE SEMICIRCLE AND 180 NM NW SEMICIRCLES. .48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...WITHIN 150 NM SW QUADRANT AND 210 NM ELSEWHERE OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITHIN 240 NM NE SEMICIRCLE AND 200 NM SW SEMICIRCLES. .FROM 02N TO 08N BETWEEN 112W AND 126W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 09N BETWEEN 120W AND 125W S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 14N TO 18N BETWEEN 127W AND 134W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10N BETWEEN 118W AND 128W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. .NW OF LINE FROM 30N121W TO 25N125W TO 17N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 24N TO 28N E OF 115W TO W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N BETWEEN 116W AND 124W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 24N TO 29N E OF 116W TO W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14.5 BETWEEN 94W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N138W TO 29N140W. NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. CONVECTION VALID AT 0930 UTC FRI SEP 23... HURRICANE HILARY...NUMEROUS STRONG WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER. NUMEROUS STRONG N OF 17N BETWEEN 101W AND 103W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG ELSEWHERE N OF 14N BETWEEN 99W AND 103W. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 08N82W TO 07N89W AND THEN FROM 16N103W TO 16N110W TO 12N120W TO 12N127W TO 09N133W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 13N103W TO 11N109W AND FROM 10N116W TO 08N121W...AND WITHIN 75 NM OF 17N BETWEEN 106W AND 109W. $$ .FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.