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FZPN03 KNHC 051547
HSFEP2
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC MON OCT 5.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE OCT 6.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED OCT 7.
.WARNINGS.
..HURRICANE WARNING
.HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.4N 116.2W 976 MB AT 1500 UTC OCT 05
MOVING W OR 275 DEG AT 6 KT. 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 NE QUADRANT...150 NM SE QUADRANT...120 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 9.5 M. ELSEWHERE
WITHIN 21N113W TO 24N114W TO 24N118W TO 21N120W TO 18N118W TO
17N116W TO 21N113W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M.
REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 26N114W TO 26N119W TO 23N123W TO 16N121W
TO 13N111W TO 19N109W TO 26N114W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5
TO 3.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 20.5N 118.9W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 90 NM S SEMICIRCLE...110 NM NE QUADRANT AND 100 NM NW
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 240 NM NE AND 180 NM SW
SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 10 M. ELSEWEHRE WITHIN 23N116W TO 24N119W
TO 22N122W TO 17N121W TO 17N117W TO 19N115W TO 23N116W WINDS 20
TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 24N114W TO
27N119W TO 24N126W TO 19N125W TO 14N118W TO 17N113W TO 24N114W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN MIXED SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE RACHEL NEAR 21.1N 121.7W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 100 NM NE QUADRANT...80 NM SE QUADRANT...70 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 180
NM WITH SEAS TO 9.5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 23N118W TO 25N123W TO
23N125W TO 19N125W TO 17N119W TO 20N118W TO 23N118W WINDS 20 TO
33 KT. SEAS 3.0 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 24N117W TO
26N127W TO 20N129W TO 14N123W TO 14N118W TO 19N115W TO 24N117W
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.
36 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRESSURE...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE
NEAR
13N99W 1007 MB. WITHIN 02S101W TO 01S107W TO 01S111W TO 02S120W
TO 03.4S120W TO 03.4S100W TO 02S101W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
2.5 TO 3.0 M IN S TO SW SWELL.
48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRESSURE...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE
NEAR
13N100W 1006 MB. WITHIN 02S98W TO 00N103W TO 01N107W TO 01S120W
TO 03.4S120W TO 03.4S97W TO 02S98W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5
TO 3.0 M IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N97W TO 17N100W TO 15N103W TO 14N102W
TO 13N100W TO 14N97W TO 16N97W E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS
THAN 2.5 M.
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC MON OCT 5...
HURRICANE RACHEL
NUMEROUS MODERATE TO SCATTERED
STRONG WITHIN 180 NM SW AND 120 NM SE SEMICIRCLES.
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 09N84W TO 08N85W TO 15N105W...AND FROM
11N115W TO BEYOND 09N140W. NUMEROUS MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG
FROM 04N TO 07N BETWEEN 85W AND 90W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 10N
TO 15N BETWEEN 95W AND 105W.
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
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