118  
FZPN03 KNHC 281541  
HSFEP2  
 
HIGH SEAS FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL  
1630 UTC TUE OCT 28 2025  
 
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS  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 TUE OCT 28.  
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED OCT 29.  
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU OCT 30.  
 
.WARNINGS.  
   
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING
 
 
.TROPICAL STORM SONIA NEAR 15.1N 123.5W 1003 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT 28  
MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 07 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT  
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM NE  
QUADRANT...20 NM SE QUADRANT...30 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 50 NM NW  
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE...45 NM  
SE QUADRANT AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 4.5 M. ELSEWHERE  
WITHIN 17N122W TO 18N124W TO 17N124W TO 16N125W TO 14N124W TO  
14N121W TO 17N122W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 M. REMAINDER OF  
AREA WITHIN 30N116W TO 30N128W TO 20N135W TO 10N133W TO 01N126W  
TO 02N110W TO 06N94W TO 17N111W TO 30N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  
SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.  
.12 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION SONIA NEAR 15.2N 124.7W.  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT WITHIN 60 NM N  
SEMICIRCLE. SEAS TO 4 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 17N124W TO 18N126W TO  
17N127W TO 16N127W TO 15N126W TO 15N124W TO 17N124W WINDS 20 TO  
30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 3.5 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 16N118W TO  
21N123W TO 18N135W TO 11N132W TO 10N121W TO 14N119W TO 16N118W  
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL SONIA NEAR 15.3N126.5W 1009 MB.  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT WITHIN 30 NM N  
SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 3 TO 4 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 17N125W TO 17N127W TO  
16N129W TO 15N127W TO 15N126W TO 17N125W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS  
3 TO 3.5 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 16N123W TO 20N16W TO  
19N132W TO 18N136W TO 14N134W TO 12N127W TO 16N123W WINDS 20 KT  
OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.  
.36 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL SONIA NEAR 15.1N 128.6W 1010 MB.  
WITHIN 15N128W TO 18N128.5W TO 18N132W TO 16N132W TO 15N130W TO  
15N128W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M.   
48 HOUR FORECAST
 
DISSIPATED. TROUGH FROM 17N133W TO 14N132W TO  
12N131W. WITHIN 16N129W TO 18N133W TO 17N137W TO 15N135W TO 14N132W  
TO 16N129W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 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 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N95W TO 14N94W TO  
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO  
25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.  
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.  
.18 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N95W TO  
14N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NW TO N WINDS  
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N95W TO  
14N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO  
30 KT. SEAS TO 2.5 M.  
.36 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94.5W TO 16N95W TO 15.5N95.5W TO  
14.5N95.5W TO 14.5N95W TO 15N94.5W TO 16N94.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF  
OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4.5 M.  
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 16N96W TO 14N96W TO 14N95W  
TO 14N94W TO 16N94W WINDS N TO NE 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 15N95W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N96W TO  
14N95W TO 15N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS  
30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N96W TO  
14N96W TO 11N98W TO 11N96W TO 13N94W TO 16N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO  
30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M.  
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.  
 
.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 06N94W TO 09N98W TO 10.5N104W TO 08N114W TO  
02N121W TO 03N107W TO 06N94W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN  
NW SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 06N98W TO 10N108W TO 04N118W TO 00N132W TO  
00N108W TO 03N104W TO 06N98W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN  
NW SWELL...EXCEPT MIXED WITH SW SWELL W OF 117W.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 08N101W TO 11N112W TO 06N125W TO 00N129W TO  
03.4S120W TO 03.4S92W TO 08N101W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3  
M IN SW SWELL.  
 
.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30N118W TO 30N128W TO 28N126W TO 27N125W TO  
26N119W TO 30N118W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M IN NW SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30N122W TO 30N127W TO 29N128W TO 29N124W TO  
30N122W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN DECAYING NW SWELL.  
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.  
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.  
 
CONVECTION VALID AT 1530 UTC TUE OCT 28...  
   
TROPICAL STORM SONIA
 
NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 15N TO  
18N BETWEEN 123W AND 126W.  
 
.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 06N TO 11N BETWEEN 84W AND 88W.  
   
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH
 
 
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 14N91W TO 11N100W TO 10N110W  
TO 10N118W. IT RESUMES SSW OF TROPICAL STORM SONIA NEAR 11N26W  
TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM  
N OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 126W AND 129W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM  
11N TO 14N BETWEEN 88W AND 90W...WITHIN 60 NM S OF THE TROUGH  
BETWEEN 107W AND 110W AND ALSO BETWEEN 129W AND 130W.  
 

 
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.  
 
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