600
FZPN03 KNHC 050939
HSFEP2
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC MON OCT 5 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON OCT 5.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE OCT 6.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED OCT 7.
.WARNINGS.
..HURRICANE WARNING
.HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.4N 115.6W 970 MB AT 0900 UTC OCT 05
MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS
100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 110 NM OF CENTER
EXCEPT 130 NM NE QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM S
SEMICIRCLE...195 NM NE QUADRANT AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS
TO 10.0 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 21N112W TO 23N114W TO 22N117W TO
20N119W TO 18N117W TO 18N114W TO 21N112W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS
3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 23N110W TO 27N117W TO
21N122W TO 17N121W TO 14N110W TO 23N110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.6N 118.2W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 100 NM S SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 110 NM NW
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 180
NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 10.0 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 23N115W TO
24N117W TO 23N120W TO 19N121W TO 17N118W TO 20N115W TO 23N115W
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN
21N113W TO 27N118W TO 25N123W TO 20N125W TO 15N120W TO 15N115W TO
21N113W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 21.0N 121.0W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 100 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 90 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 4 M OR
GREATER WITHIN 180 NM N AND 150 NM S SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 9.5
M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 23N118W TO 24N123W TO 22N124W TO 18N123W TO
17N121W TO 21N118W TO 23N118W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0
M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 24N116W TO 27N125W TO 19N128W TO
14N124W TO 14N118W TO 18N115W TO 24N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 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.
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
CONVECTION VALID AT 0900 UTC MON OCT 5...
HURRICANE RACHEL
NUMEROUS MODERATE SCATTERED STRONG FROM 17N
TO 22N BETWEEN 112W AND 118W.
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 13N99W...FROM 12N116W TO BEYOND
12N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG N OF 02N E OF
107W...S OF 15N BETWEEN 110W AND 130W.
.FORECASTER DELGADO. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
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