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FZPN03 KNHC 121553
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT MAR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 29N WITHIN 120 NM OF W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA  NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  FROM 05N TO 10N W OF 
135W  NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE 
W OF LINE FROM 28N115W TO 06N140W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 
TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 28N WITHIN 180 NM OF W COAST OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA  NW TO N WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.  N 
OF 28N W OF 135W  SW WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 27N114W TO 06N126W TO 04N140W  WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 26N E OF 120W TO W COAST OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA  NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.  N OF 05N 
W OF 110W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT EXCEPT 10 TO 15 
FT N OF 26N W OF 130W.

.WITHIN 75 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 13N97W INCLUDING GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.    
ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 107W  WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 02N TO 10N BETWEEN 93W AND 106W  WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W INCLUDING GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 06N FROM 79W TO 81W INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 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 1500 UTC SAT MAR 12...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 05N77W TO 02N93W TO 
07N115W TO 06N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM N OF AXIS W 
OF 114W.
  
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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.