From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Wed Dec 22 06:46:04 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 oBLMk2Nh023897 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:46:03 +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 oBKBuIg4011374; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:22 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4852980 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:21 -0600 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBLMjL9r005129 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBLMjEK6018943 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:20 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 79070144B0001; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:13 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101221224514.79070144B0001@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:13 -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list 561 FZPN40 PHFO 212245 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2300 UTC TUE DEC 21 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1800 UTC DEC 21 2010. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC DEC 22 2010. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC DEC 23 2010. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .LOW...FORMER TROPICAL STORM OMEKA...29N173W 1002 MB MOVING N 20 KT. WINDS 20 TO 35 KT AND ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM NE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW MOVED N OF FORECAST AREA. ASSOCIATED WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS OVER FORECAST WATERS. .LOW 25N168E 999 MB MOVING NE 20 KT. COLD FRONT FROM LOW TO 18N165E TO 15N160E MOVING E 15 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 120 NM SE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 480 NM SE QUADRANT OF LOW AND 300 NM ELSEWHERE OF LOW. .12 HOUR FORECAST LOW 26N173E 997 MB. COLD FRONT FROM LOW TO 22N175E TO 20N172E TO 13N160E. WINDS 20 TO 35 KT WITHIN 180 NM SE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE WITHIN 90 NM SE OF FRONT E OF 172E. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 30N175E 995 MB. COLD FRONT FROM LOW TO 27N179E TO 17N170E TO 10N160E. WINDS 20 TO 35 KT WITHIN 180 NM SE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM SE OF FRONT E OF 170E. .48 HOUR FORECAST GALE LOW MOVED WELL N OF FORECAST AREA. FRONT FROM 30N179W TO 23N180W TO 10N160E. ASSOCIATED WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N165W TO 24N160W TO 21N155W TO 19N140W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF FRONT W OF 155W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF FRONT W OF 155W. .24 HOUR FORECAST WEAK FRONT FROM 30N164W TO 25N160W TO 21N150W. ASSOCIATED WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH FROM 29N157W TO 23N155W TO 17N155W. .TROUGH FROM 19N155W TO 14N159W NEARLY STATIONARY. ISOLATED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 60 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 19N155W TO 15N158W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH TROUGH DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE. .WEAK HIGH 19N162W 1012MB NEARLY STATIONARY. RIDGE FROM HIGH TO 09N180W TO 07N160E NEARLY STATIONARY. .RIDGE FROM 30N154W TO 22N140W MOVING S 10 KT. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REST OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 12 TO 16 FT N OF LINE FROM 30N161W TO 20N169W TO 23N160E. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE N OF 10N. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT W OF A LINE FROM 30N158W TO 00N165W...EXCEPT SEAS 8 FT OR LESS S OF 10N W OF 173E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT E OF A LINE FROM 30N152W TO 00N155W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT N OF A LINE FROM 30N167W TO 18N180W TO 11N160E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF A LINE FROM 26N140W TO 07N160W TO 06N175E TO 00N172E. .SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REST OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF A LINE FROM 21N165W TO 10N173E. .ITCZ FROM 07N140W TO 07N149W TO 07N161W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF ITCZ W OF 149W. $$ .FORECASTER DWROE. 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.