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FZPN03 KNHC 200933
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI JAN 20 2012

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI JAN 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT JAN 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN JAN 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.NW OF A LINE FROM 30N136W TO 29N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N133W TO 28N140W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N124W TO 20N140W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 
30N131W.

.N OF 28N E OF 120W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N E OF 118W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N WITHIN 120 NM W OF COAST OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.FROM 05N TO 17N W OF 116W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 20N W OF 
114W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 18N W OF 130W AND FROM 07N TO 14N 
BETWEEN 115W AND 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 16N W OF 130W AND FROM 07N TO 15N 
BETWEEN 115W AND 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.

.N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... 
N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 09N TO 12N E OF 89W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.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 05N BETWEEN 78W AND 80.5W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.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 AT 0900 UTC FRI JAN 20...

SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
24N115W TO 12N116W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 03N77W TO 04N90W. THE INTERTROPICAL 
CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS FROM 04N90W TO 04N105W TO 07N120W TO 
04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120-180 NM N 
OF ITCZ BETWEEN 112W AND 118W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS WITHIN 90 
NM N OF ITCZ BETWEEN 125W AND 130W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 
NM EITHER SIDE OF ITCZ BETWEEN 134W AND 139W.

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FORECASTER LEWITSKY