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FZPN03 KNHC 200351
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC FRI MAY 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 
M 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAY 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAY 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 21N WITHIN 180 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W COAST NW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
15N E OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING S 
AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N WITHIN 120 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W 
COAST NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. 
FROM 08N TO 17N W OF 132W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N FROM 110W TO 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 9 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N WITHIN 120 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W 
COAST NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N FROM 115W 
TO 123W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW 
SWELL. 

.S OF 15N E OF 134W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAK TROUGH FROM 11N101W TO 06N112W. WITHIN 
120 NM SE OF TROUGH AXIS SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE 
S OF 10N FROM 97W TO 125W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH STATIONARY. LITTLE CHANGE IN WINDS AND 
SEAS. ELSEWHERE S OF 10N FROM 92W TO 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26N TO 29N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.15 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...S 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 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 FRI MAY 20...

.SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED FROM 04N TO 08N E OF 90W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 10N84W TO 12N92W TO 
07N104W TO 05N126W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS 
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM N AND 210 NM S 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 97W AND 107W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS FROM 107W TO 135W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.