000
FZPN03 KNHC 160344
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU FEB 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU FEB 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 09N TO 23N W OF 125W  NE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NE 
WAVES AND NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 10N W OF 112W AND ALSO FROM 
05N TO 09N W OF 125W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN 
NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT 29N115W TO 25N124W.  N OF FRONT  
NW TO N WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.  FROM 07N TO 
25N W OF 120W  NE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE WAVES AND 
NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE W OF 110W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 
11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  COLD FRONT DISSIPATED.  FROM 09N TO 20N W OF 
110W  NE WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NE WAVES AND NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF 110W AND S OF 20N FROM 103W TO 110W  WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.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  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.N OF 06N E OF 80W INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 
KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT 30N113W TO 
29N114W.  N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. 
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 0300 UTC THU FEB 16...

.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 08N TO 16N BETWEEN 103W AND 113W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 00N95W TO 04N105W TO 01N123W TO 02N126W THEN 
ITCZ TO 03N138W TO BEYOND 03N140W.  ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 90 
NM S OF TROUGH FROM 122W TO 124W.

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES