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High Seas Forecast (Tropical Northeast Pacific)


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FZPN03 KNHC 211458
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC WED OCT 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED OCT 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU OCT 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI OCT 23.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-TWO-E NEAR 9.5N 99.3W 1005 MB AT
1500 UTC OCT 21 MOVING W OR 265 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. WITHIN 11N98W TO 12N99W TO 11N100W TO 
10N100W TO 09N99W TO 11N98W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 11N96W TO 12N99W TO 11N102W TO 08N102W TO 
07N100W TO 09N97W TO 11N96W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
.12 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM TWENTY-TWO-E NEAR 9.4N 100.1W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM TWENTY-TWO-E NEAR 9.7N 101.1W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS WITHIN 50 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 40
NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER WITH
SEAS TO 5.5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 12N100W TO 11N102W TO 10N103W TO
08N103W TO 08N100W TO 09N99W TO 12N100W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 
DESCRIBED ABOVE. REMAINDER AREA WITHIN 11N97W TO 13N103W TO 
09N104W TO 06N102W TO 05N98W TO 06N97W TO 11N97W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE TWENTY-TWO-E NEAR 10.2N 102.0W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE TWENTY-TWO-E NEAR 10.7N 102.6W. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...110 NM SE QUADRANT...80 NM SW 
QUADRANT...AND 100 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 60
NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 9.5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 14N100W TO 
14N105W TO 10N106W TO 07N104W TO 08N101W TO 10N99W TO 14N100W 
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS DESCRIBED ABOVE. REMAINDER AREA WITHIN 
11N97W TO 16N101W TO 15N106W TO 12N107W TO 07N105W TO 06N101W TO 
11N97W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.

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

...GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 14N94W TO 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 14N98W TO 12N97W TO 12N95W
TO 14N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... NE WINDS 20 TO
30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N WINDS 30 TO 35 
KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 15N94W TO 16N95W TO 
14N97W TO 14N96W TO 15N95W TO 15N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 14N100W TO 13N100W TO 12N97W 
TO 14N95W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N95W TO 16N96W TO 15N96W TO 15N95W TO
16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N TO NE WINDS 30 
TO 35 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 15N95W TO 16N95W 
TO 16N96W TO 14N98W TO 13N97W TO 15N95W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 15N98W TO 14N97W TO 14N95W TO
15N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N121W TO 23N132W. WITHIN 30N123W TO 30N140W 
TO 26N140W TO 25N133W TO 28N125W TO 30N123W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 5.0 M IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 31N114W TO 
20N120W. WITHIN 29N120W TO 30N138W TO 28N140W TO 20N140W TO 
20N132W TO 22N123W TO 29N120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 
3.0 M IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. WITHIN 20N129W TO 
19N134W TO 19N140W TO 15N140W TO 16N127W TO 17N124W TO 20N129W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN N SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC WED OCT 21...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-TWO-E...SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
WITHIN 45 NM OF CENTER. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
ELSEWHERE FROM 01N TO 15N BETWEEN 90W AND 103W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 11N86W TO 11N95W TO 04N109W. ITCZ FROM 
04N109W TO 06N130W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG FROM 00N TO 08N E OF 80W...AND FROM 02N TO 09N BETWEEN 
110W AND 140W.

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.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.