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FZPN03 KNHC 042138
HSFEP2
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SUN OCT 04 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SUN OCT 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON OCT 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE OCT 06.
.WARNINGS.
..HURRICANE WARNING
.HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.1N 114.3W 965 MB AT 2100 UTC OCT 04 MOVING
W OR 270 DEG AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 90 KT GUSTS 110 KT.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 120 NM NE
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 150 NM
S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 11 M. ELSEWHERE FROM 16N TO 24N BETWEEN
110W AND 117W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF THE
AREA FROM 10N TO 24N BETWEEN 107W AND 119W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
2.5 TO 3.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.3N 116.6W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 100 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 110 NM NE QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR
GREATER WITHIN 210 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 180 NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS
TO 10 M. ELSEWHERE FROM 16N TO 24N BETWEEN 112W AND 120W WINDS 20 TO
33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF THE AREA FROM 15N TO 25N
BETWEEN 110W AND 121W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN
MIXED SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.6N 119.7W. 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 10 M.
ELSEWHERE FROM 16N TO 24N BETWEEN 115W AND 123W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF THE AREA FROM 15N TO 26N BETWEEN
114W AND 124W 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 2100 UTC SUN OCT 4...
HURRICANE RACHEL
NUMEROUS MODERATE SCATTERED STRONG WITHIN 75 NM
OF CENTER.
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH
THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 09N84W TO 09N90W TO 12N96W...THEN
RESUMES W OF RACHEL NEAR 13N120W TO BEYOND 07N140W. SCATTERED
MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION CAN BE FOUND FROM 10N TO 14N
BETWEEN 85W AND 94W...FROM 00N TO 06N BETWEEN 100W AND 110W...AND
FROM 04N TO 09N W OF 120W.
.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
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