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FZPN03 KNHC 141542
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC TUE FEB 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE FEB 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED FEB 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU FEB 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COLD FRONT FROM 29N115W TO 26N125W TO 27N132W. N OF FRONT E OF 
125W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. S OF FRONT TO 22N E OF 
115W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FROM 07N TO 23N W OF 130W NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 05N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 25N112W TO 
20N127W. FROM 22N TO 28N E OF 115W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 22N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 03N W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 26N E OF 125W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. NEW COLD FRONT FROM 
29N115W TO 28N125W. N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 
13 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 24N W OF 115W NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT FROM 31N113W TO 30N115W. N OF 
FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S OF FRONT TO 
20N SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 
28N111W TO 26N112W. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. NEW 
COLD FRONT FROM 31N113W TO 30N115W. S OF FRONT TO 29N SW TO W 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 09N79W TO 04N81W 
INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 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.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC TUE FEB 14...

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED FROM 11N 
TO 15N BETWEEN 107W AND 110W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 05N77W TO THE EQUATOR AT 
83W...THEN RESUMES FROM NEAR 05N91W TO 04N97W TO 06N108W TO 
03N123W. ITCZ FROM 03N123W TO BEYOND 02N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM N OF TROUGH FROM 91W TO 96W.

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FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN