From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Dec 18 12:46:01 2010 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by cozumel.ust.hk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oBI4jxIt020860 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:46:00 +0800 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBH0RZEj027712; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:45:36 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4811445 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:45:36 -0600 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBI4jYrm022021 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:45:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBI4jSP0025507 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:45:34 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 1B6D23FE0879; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:45:28 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101218044528.1B6D23FE0879@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:45:28 -0600 Reply-To: wxmaster@COX.NET Sender: WX-TROPL Tropical Storm and Hurricane WX products From: LDM Weather Subject: Central Pacific: High Seas Analysis To: WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Precedence: list 622 FZPN40 PHFO 180445 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC SAT DEC 18 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. THIS HIGH SEAS FORECAST USES 1-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS WHICH MAY BE HIGHER THAN 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS. SECURITE NORTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 30N BETWEEN 140W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC DEC 18 2010. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC DEC 19 2010. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC DEC 20 2010. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .LOW 24N178W 1002 MB MOVING SSW SLOWLY. FRONT FROM LOW TO 28N175W TO 26N172W TO 20N173W TO 12N178E NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 240 NM OF LOW NW QUADRANT...AND ELSEWHERE OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 27N BETWEEN 165W AND 175E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF LOW...AND IN AREA FROM 12N TO 28N BETWEEN 164W AND 174W. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 23N179W 1001 MB. FRONT FROM 25N175E TO 20N174W TO 13N180E. E TO NE WINDS 25 TO 40 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 26N BETWEEN 155W AND 175E. .48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 22N178W 999 MB. FRONT FROM 23N175W TO 20N175W TO 15N178E. WINDS 25 TO 40 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 27N BETWEEN 153W AND 177E. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .COLD FRONT FROM 29N140W TO 29N144W THENCE A STATIONARY FRONT TO 28N156W. COLD FRONT MOVING ESE SLOWLY. W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 28N E OF 145W. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 28N140W TO 28N160W TO 29N165W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT N OF 28N BETWEEN 150W AND 152W. SEE GALE WARNING ABOVE FOR WINDS NEAR FRONT W OF 152W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 26N140W TO 28N168W TO 26N165W. SEE GALE WARNING ABOVE FOR WINDS NEAR FRONT W OF 153W. .24 HOUR FORECAST NEW COLD FRONT FROM 30N163E TO 27N160E. N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS W OF FRONT. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N167E TO 23N160E. N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS W OF FRONT. .RIDGE FROM HIGH TO 23N140W TO 24N150W TO 26N157W ERODING FROM THE W 25 KT. .WEAK RIDGE FROM 19N160W TO 12N175W MOVING S SLOWLY. .RIDGE FROM 30N168E TO 24N160E NEARLY STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THRU 48 HOURS. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF AREA. .SEAS 14 TO 17 FT N OF 25N BETWEEN 180E AND 173E. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT ELSEWHERE N OF 20N BETWEEN 177W AND 170E. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 14 TO 18 FT N OF 28N BETWEEN 157W AND 180E...AND N OF 26N BETWEEN 180E AND 175E. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT ELSEWHERE N OF 26 E OF 180E...AND N OF 18N W OF 180E. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT S OF 06N BETWEEN 150W AND 158W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 15 TO 23 FT N OF A LINE FROM 30N154W TO 25N177W TO 25N175E TO 30N174E. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF 180E...AND N OF 17N W OF 180E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF 05N BETWEEN 150W AND 157W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF AREA. .ITCZ FROM 10N140W TO 09N170W TO 07N175E. ISOLATED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS FROM 07N TO 12N BETWEEN 163W AND 180E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 07N TO 13N E OF 150W. $$ .HONOLULU HI. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-TROPL send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with "unsub wx-tropl" in the body of your message. For help with WX-TROPL write to cnovy@cox.net. For more information on tropical weather products, see the NHC Homepage at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.