From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 30 12:46:07 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 oBU4k6Bx018338 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:46:06 +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 oBTFCXID000588; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:45:44 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4909907 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:45:44 -0600 Received: from relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (relay01.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.23]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBU4jiC3025453 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:45:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay01.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBU4jbxF027597 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:45:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 985353FE00D8; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:45:37 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101230044537.985353FE00D8@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:45:37 -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list 903 FZPN40 PHFO 300445 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC THU DEC 30 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 30 2010. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC DEC 31 2010. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JAN 01 2010. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .COLD FRONT AT 30N160E MOVING E 35 KT. SW WINDS 30 TO 35 WITHIN 120 NM OF FRONT. SW WINDS 20 TO 30 N ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 30N173E TO 25N160E. .12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N171E TO 27N168E TO 21N160E. SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 180 NM OF FRONT N OF 27N. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N178E TO 27N175E TO 22N165E. SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF FRONT N OF 27N. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N163W TO 26N167W TO 25N180W TO 25N170E. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. ...GALE WARNING... .36 HOUR FORECAST FRONT APPROACHING NW PORTION OF AREA. SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT N OF 27N W OF 163E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N163E TO 28N160E. SW WINDS 20 TO 35 KT N OF A LINE FROM 30N172E TO 22N160E. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .COLD FRONT FROM 30N170W TO 28N173W TO 23N177E THENCE A STATIONARY FRONT TO 22N167E. COLD FRONT MOVING E 25 KT ALONG 30N AND SLOWING. SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT AND ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF FRONT N OF 28N. .24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MOVED N OF AREA. WEAK STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N175W TO 26N178E MERGING WITH FRONT DESCRIBED IN FIRST PARAGRAPH OF GALE SECTION ABOVE. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MERGED WITH FRONT DESCRIBED IN FIRST PARAGRAPH OF GALE SECTION ABOVE. .COLD FRONT FROM 30N157W TO 28N162W THENCE A TROUGH TO 19N173W. FRONT MOVING NE 15 KT. TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT. .24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N150W TO 27N156W THENCE A TROUGH TO 27N168W TO 21N175W. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK FRONT FROM 30N142W TO 28N147W TO 30N154W. .TROUGH FROM 16N164W TO 07N170W MOVING W 10 KT. E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 180 NM E OF TROUGH. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .WEAK HIGH 23N176W 1016 MB MOVING E 15 KT. .RIDGE FROM 30N175E TO 27N170E TO 24N161E MOVING E 25 KT. .RIDGE FROM 30N147W TO 25N155W TO 19N168W NEARLY STATIONARY. .E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20N AND 08N E OF 150W. .24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. .SEAS 12 TO 17 FT N OF A LINE FROM 29N160E TO 24N174E TO 30N173W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 30N168W TO 20N173E TO 20N160E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT E OF A LINE FROM 30N168W TO 00N173E... EXCEPT SEAS 8 FT OR LESS N OF 23N E OF 151W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 22 FT N OF A LINE FROM 30N172E TO 23N160E. SEAS 8 FT OR LESS W OF A LINE FROM 19N160E TO 11N177E TO 00N174E...AND E OF A LINE FROM 30N156W TO 17N140W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT REST OF AREA. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 22 FT N OF A LINE FROM 30N174W TO 20N171E TO 25N160E. SEAS 8 FT OR LESS S OF 12N W OF 169E...AND N OF 18N E OF 154W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT REST OF AREA. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. .ITCZ FROM 07N140W TO 05N159W TO 05N160W...AND FROM 07N176E TO 06N170E TO 05N160E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF ITCZ W OF 170E. $$ .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.