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FZPN03 KNHC 120310
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC SAT MAR 12 2011

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

SECURITE

E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 90 NM OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14.5N95.5W TO 10N101W 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 14 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 07N TO 14N BETWEEN 91W 
AND 103W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 02N TO 11N BETWEEN 95W AND 107W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 111W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.

.N OF 27N E OF 121W TO W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW TO N WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE FROM 
27N121W TO 13N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST NW PORTIONS. FROM 06N TO 13N W OF 121W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NE...NW AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N WITHIN 210 NM OF THE W COAST OF THE 
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FROM 
07N TO 14N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE FROM 26N114W TO 05N140W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N E OF 122W TO THE W COAST OF THE BAJA 
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT 
IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 12N W OF 128W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 04N AND 
W OF A LINE FROM 24N111W TO 09N111W TO 04N130W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
 
.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 87W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO 
E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 11.5N86W TO 
08N95W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 87W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.06 HOUR FORECAST N OF 06N BETWEEN 79W AND 81W INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0200 UTC SAT MAR 12...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ANALYZED FROM 08N81W TO 
05N83W TO 02N95W TO 06N113W TO 07N125W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 114W AND 122W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED 
WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 83W AND 93W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
STRONG CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 90 NM S AND 150 NM N OF AXIS 
W OF 116W.
  
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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.