From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Dec 31 00:41:04 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 oBUGf35q013193 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:41:04 +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 oBTFCXXD000588; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:40:40 -0600 (CST) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4913920 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:40:40 -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 oBUGeeJP006145 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:40:40 -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 oBUGeXvh004612 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:40:40 -0600 (CST) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id E747D3FE0013; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:40:33 -0600 (CST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101230164033.E747D3FE0013@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:40:33 -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list 627 FZPN40 PHFO 301640 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1700 UTC THU DEC 30 2010 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1200 UTC DEC 30 2010. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC DEC 31 2010. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JAN 01 2010. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .24 HOUR FORECAST NEW COLD FRONT APPROACHING NW PORTION OF AREA. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 27N W OF 164E. .36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N162E TO 27N160E. S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 23N W OF 168E. .48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N167E TO 26N160E. S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 23N W OF 172E. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT OVER FORECAST WATERS N OF 28N BETWEEN 177E AND 172E. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .COLD FRONT FROM 30N170E TO 22N160E MOVING E 35 KT. WINDS 20 TO 30 WITHIN 150 NM OF FRONT N OF 26N. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 270 NM SE OF FRONT N OF 25N. .24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING FRONT FROM 30N172E TO 27N178W TO 24N172E. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK FRONT FROM 30N166W TO 27N174W. .FRONT FROM 30N166W TO 28N169W TO 25N174E. FRONT MOVING E SLOWLY N OF 28N...AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM SE OF FRONT N OF 28N. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N165W TO 21N177W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N153W TO 24N166W. .FRONT FROM 30N154W TO 28N160W TO 24N169W TO 18N175W. FRONT MOVING E SLOWLY N OF 28N...AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF FRONT N OF 28N. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N145W TO 27N160W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 30N143W TO 27N148W TO 30N154W. .TROUGH FROM 16N164W TO 10N166W TO 06N172W NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 420 NM 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. .RIDGE FROM 30N141W TO 28N146W TO 23N164W NEARLY STATIONARY. .WEAK RIDGE FROM 20N160E TO 23N177W NEARLY STATIONARY. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REST OF AREA. .SEAS 12 TO 23 FT IN AREA N OF 27N W OF 165E. SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN AREA N OF 25N BETWEEN 173W AND 177E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 19N W OF 170W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN AREA S OF 24N E OF 153W...IN AREA BETWEEN 153W AND 170W...AND IN AREA S OF 10N BETWEEN 170W AND 175E. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 23 FT IN AREA N OF 22N W OF 169E...AND IN AREA N OF 26N BETWEEN 177E AND 169E. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE IN AREA N OF 16N W OF 173E...AND ELSEWHERE IN AREA BETWEEN 180W AND 173E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN AREA BETWEEN 152W AND 180W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN AREA S OF 19N E OF 152W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 21 FT IN AREA N OF 21N BETWEEN 171W AND 180E...AND IN AREA N OF 25N W OF 169E. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT IN AREA N OF 17N BETWEEN 180E AND 169E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE IN AREA W OF 150W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN AREA FROM 05N TO 14N E OF 150W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REST OF AREA. .ITCZ FROM 08N140W TO 06N150W TO 07N161W...AND FROM 09N179E TO 05N166E TO 05N160E. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM N OF ITCZ W OF 158W. 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.