From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 24 12:45:40 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 oBO4jdUE019159 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:45:40 +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 oBNIVE9Q000588; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4857933 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:24 -0600 Received: from relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (relay05.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.40]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBO4jN0p006458 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay05.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBO4jHXw016417 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:23 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 603553FE002F; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:17 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101224044517.603553FE002F@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:45:17 -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list 120 FZPN40 PHFO 240445 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC FRI DEC 24 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 24 2010. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC DEC 25 2010. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC DEC 26 2010. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT FROM 30N148W TO 29N153W TO 30N163W MOVING S 15 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT N OF FRONT...AND N OF 29N E OF 144W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM S OF FRONT BETWEEN 153W AND 158W. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25N140W TO 23N151W TO 30N165W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 120 NM N OF FRONT W OF 154W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25N155W TO 30N157W. S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT. .FRONT FROM 30N177W TO 21N180E TO 12N163E. FRONT MOVING E 20 KT N OF 15N...AND NEARLY STATIONARY S OF 15N. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT N OF 22N. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 270 NM E OF FRONT N OF 22N. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE WITHIN 330 NM E OF FRONT. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N170W TO 21N179W. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK FRONT FROM 30N162W TO 23N170W TO 21N176W. .FRONT FROM 30N161E TO 28N160E MOVING E 30 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 120 NM OF FRONT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N173E TO 21N160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT N OF 28N BETWEEN 174E AND 171E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N177W TO 27N177E TO 22N168E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT N OF FRONT E OF 175E. .TROUGH FROM 25N155W TO 21N156W TO 16N155W NEARLY STATIONARY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 270 NM E OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 23N160W TO 16N158W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .TROUGH FROM 09N162E TO 08N160E NEARLY STATIONARY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 300 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .HIGH 19N161E 1010 MB MOVING E 15 KT. RIDGE FROM HIGH TO 18N172E MOVING E 20 KT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HIGH 22N172E 1014 MB. .48 HOUR FORECAST HIGH DISSIPATED. .RIDGE FROM 30N168W TO 21N168W TO 14N180W TO 11N170E NEARLY STATIONARY AND ERODING FROM THE W. .RIDGE FROM 23N140W TO 22N148W TO 26N152W MOVING S 20 KT AND ERODING FROM THE NW. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REST OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 TO 12 FT N OF 15N W OF 175W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 14 FT N OF 28N E OF 164W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 26N140W TO 25N149W TO 30N168W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT N OF A LINE FROM 30N169E TO 23N160E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT N OF 27N BETWEEN 170W AND 174W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 15 FT N OF 23N E OF 152W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 21N140W TO 20N151W TO 30N175W. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT N OF A LINE FROM 30N177E TO 18N160E. .SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REST OF FORECAST AREA. .ITCZ FROM 09N140W TO 09N161W TO 08N168W TO 11N178W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF ITCZ. $$ .FORECASTER BRENCHLEY. 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.