From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Thu Dec 30 18:40:57 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 oBUAeux8021168 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:40:56 +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 oBTFCXOe000588; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:38 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4911732 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:38 -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 oBUAebdZ015786 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:37 -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 oBUAeVik007740 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:37 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0889D3FE0013; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:30 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101230104031.0889D3FE0013@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:40:30 -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list 833 FZPN40 PHFO 301040 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1100 UTC THU DEC 30 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0600 UTC DEC 30 2010. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC DEC 31 2010. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JAN 01 2010. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .COLD FRONT FROM 30N166E TO 26N160E MOVING E 45 KT. WINDS 25 TO 35 OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 28N W OF 169E. .12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N171E TO 21N160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 29N BETWEEN 174E AND 166E. .24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING FRONT FROM 30N177E TO 23N167E. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK FRONT FROM 30N169W TO 27N172W TO 28N180E. ...GALE WARNING... .36 HOUR FORECAST FRONT APPROACHING NW PORTION OF AREA. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 24N W OF 165E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N164E TO 27N160E. WINDS 25 TO 40 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 23N W OF 171E. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT FROM 30N168W TO 26N177W TO 24N170E. FRONT MOVING E 10 KT N OF 26N...AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT N OF 27N. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED N OF AREA. .FRONT FROM 30N156W TO 28N160W TO 23N170W TO 17N176W. FRONT MOVING E 15 KT N OF 28N...AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF FRONT N OF 28N. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N148W TO 28N155W TO 28N163W TO 20N178W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N142W TO 28N145W TO 29N157W. .TROUGH FROM 16N165W TO 10N166W TO 06N172W MOVING W 10 KT. E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 420 NM E OF TROUGH. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM E...AND WITHIN 120 NM W...OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .WEAK HIGH JUST W OF AREA NEAR 23N158W 1012 MB NEARLY STATIONARY AND DISSIPATING. RIDGE FROM HIGH TO 22N160E TO 21N169E TO 23N176W NEARLY STATIONARY. .RIDGE FROM 30N176E TO 28N171E MOVING E 25 KT. .RIDGE FROM 30N140W TO 26N144W TO 23N165W NEARLY STATIONARY. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REST OF AREA. .SEAS 12 TO 19 FT IN AREA N OF 28N W OF 163E. SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN AREA N OF 25N BETWEEN 175W AND 173E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN AREA S OF 26N OF 154W...IN AREA BETWEEN 154W AND 170W...ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 20N W OF 178W...AND ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 26N BETWEEN 170W AND 178W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN AREA S OF 12N BETWEEN 170W AND 176E. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 24 FT IN AREA N OF 23N W OF 166E...AND IN AREA N OF 26N BETWEEN 173E AND 166E. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 18N W OF 172E...AND ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 10N BETWEEN 150W AND 170E. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN AREA S OF 10N E OF 175E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN AREA FROM 10N TO 20N E OF 150W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 21 FT IN AREA N OF 20N BETWEEN 180E AND 176E...AND IN AREA N OF 24N BETWEEN 174W AND 180E. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT IN AREA N OF 18N W OF 176E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 10N W OF 170E...AND ELSEWHERE IN AREA BETWEEN 150W AND 170E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN AREA FROM 05N TO 14N E OF 150W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REST OF AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF A POINT 26N148W. .ITCZ FROM 07N140W TO 05N150W TO 06N160W...AND FROM 08N179E TO 05N166E TO 05N160E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF ITCZ W OF 167E. $$ .FORECASTER HOUSTON. 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.