917
FZPN03 KNHC 040256
HSFEP2
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SUN OCT 4 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC SUN OCT 4.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON OCT 5.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE OCT 6.
.WARNINGS.
..HURRICANE WARNING
.HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.0N 112.8W 970 MB AT 0300 UTC OCT 04
MOVING WNW OR 300 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT
GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM W
SEMICIRCLE...130 NM NE QUADRANT AND 120 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 4
M OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM N SEMICIRCLE...210 NM SE QUADRANT AND
150 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 11 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 21N110W TO
22N111W TO 22N114W TO 20N115W TO 17N114W TO 19N111W TO 21N110W
WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS DESCRIBED ABOVE. REMAINDER AREA WITHIN
23N107W TO 28N115W TO 19N123W TO 10N117W TO 09N111W TO 13N105W TO
23N107W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.5N 114.7W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...110 NM SE QUADRANT...90 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 100 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN
210 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 180 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 10 M.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 22N111W TO 23N115W TO 20N117W TO 18N116W TO
18N114W TO 19N111W TO 22N111W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS DESCRIBED
ABOVE. REMAINDER AREA WITHIN 21N107W TO 27N115W TO 25N122W TO
21N122W TO 10N114W TO 13N106W TO 21N107W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.6N 117.9W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 90 NM S SEMICIRCLE...120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 100 NM NW
QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 10 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 21N113W TO 24N115W
TO 23N119W TO 19N121W TO 17N118W TO 18N116W TO 21N113W WINDS 20
TO 33 KT. SEAS DESCRIBED ABOVE. REMAINDER AREA WITHIN 24N111W TO
27N119W TO 25N123W TO 18N123W TO 11N113W TO 13N109W TO 24N111W
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.
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 11N94W TO 12N95W TO 12N99W TO 11N100W
TO 08N99W TO 08N95W TO 11N94W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO
3.0 M IN W TO NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 11N94W TO 12N95W TO 12N99W TO 11N100W
TO 08N99W TO 08N95W TO 11N94W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO
3.0 M IN W TO NW SWELL.
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
CONVECTION VALID AT 0230 UTC SUN OCT 4...
HURRICANE RACHEL
NUMEROUS MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 90
NM OF CENTER. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG ELSEWHERE FROM
10N TO 21N BETWEEN 110W AND 120W.
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 09N92W TO 14N101W. IT RESUMES NEAR
13N116W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 01N
TO 16N E OF 102W...AND FROM 00N TO 10N W OF 130W.
.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
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