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FZPN03 KNHC 020239
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC MON MAY 02 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON MAY 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAY 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAY 04.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE 
OF LINE 16N95W TO 13N96W N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 45 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 
FT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 08N TO 28N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN N AND NE SWELL. FROM 14N TO 20N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
LINE 30N118W TO 20N113W TO 13N130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 08N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN N AND NE SWELL. N OF 25N E OF 117W NW TO N WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 25N W OF 115W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 19N AND W OF LINE 10N120W TO 19N127W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N AND NE SWELL. FROM 06N TO 
19N W OF 130W NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NE 
SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 23N NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 23N NW WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 8 FT. FROM 20N TO 23N BETWEEN 107W 
AND 109W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNING...WITHIN 60 NM OF 
LINE 16N95W TO 13N96W TO 12N97W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT. 
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0300 UTC MON MAY 02...

.TROUGH FROM 11N115W TO 05N118W...WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION IS WITHIN 180 NM E OF AXIS AND 120 NM W OF AXIS FROM 
08N TO 10N.  

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 09N85W TO 05N100W 
TO 08N115W TO 04N130W TO 04N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.