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High Seas Forecast (Tropical Northeast Pacific)


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FZPN03 KNHC 100950
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU SEP 10 2026

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 AND 03.4S TO THE
EQUATOR E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC THU SEP 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI SEP 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT SEP 12.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM NORBERT NEAR 16.4N 117.9W 1004 MB AT 0900 UTC
SEP 10 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35
KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 0 NM OF CENTER
EXCEPT 50 NM NE QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 0 NM OF 
CENTER EXCEPT 90 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 4.0 M. WITHIN 
18N114W TO 20N116W TO 19N119W TO 17N119W TO 16N116W TO 16N114W TO
18N114W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NORBERT NEAR 16.7N 122.5W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS WITHIN 0 NM S SEMICIRCLE...70 NM NE QUADRANT AND 40 NM NW 
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM NE QUADRANT...0 NM S
SEMICIRCLE AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 4.5 M. WITHIN 
20N119W TO 20N124W TO 18N125W TO 16N123W TO 18N121W TO 17N118W TO
20N119W WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NORBERT NEAR 16.9N 126.9W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS WITHIN 80 NM NE QUADRANT...30 NM SE QUADRANT...20 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 50 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 105
NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 7.0 M. WITHIN
22N125W TO 22N128W TO 18N131W TO 16N130W TO 15N127W TO 19N124W 
TO 22N125W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE
AND INTENSITY.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N95W TO 14N94W TO
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N WINDS 20 TO 30
KT. SEAS 2.5 M. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 2.5 M.

.WITHIN 11N86W TO 12N89W TO 11N89W TO 10N89W TO 10N88W TO 10N86W
TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO... NE TO E WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 11N86W TO 11N88W TO 10N87W TO 10N86W TO
11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO... NE TO E WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 11N86W TO 12N86W TO 12N88W TO 11N89W TO
10N88W TO 10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

.WITHIN 02S104W TO 02S106W TO 03S108W TO 03.4S109W TO 03.4S103W
TO 02S104W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN SE TO S
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
2.5 TO 3.0 M IN SE SWELL.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0950 UTC THU SEP 10...

.TROPICAL STORM NORBERT...NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 13N 
TO 19N BETWEEN 113W AND 118W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED 
STRONG ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 11N BETWEEN 117W AND 125W.

..TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 92W...SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED 
STRONG FROM 04N TO 15N BETWEEN 90W AND 100W. 

.TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 105W...ISOLATED STRONG FROM 03N TO 22N 
BETWEEN 100W AND 111W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 09N84W TO 08N100W TO 
10N111W...THEN CONTINUES SW OF T.S. NORBERT FROM 13N119W TO 
10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 03N TO 11N E OF 90W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 03N TO 10N W OF 136W. 

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.FORECASTER RAMOS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.