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FZPN03 KNHC 102122
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SAT MAR 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT MAR 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAR 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON MAR 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 04N TO 20N W OF 120W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
12 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 22N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. S OF 17N BETWEEN 107W 
AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW 
SWELL. W OF LINE FROM 30N131W TO 20N140W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 20N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 
20N118W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 13N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 20N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. N OF 20N W OF 118W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW 
PART. ELSEWHERE S OF 12N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NE AND S SWELL.

.WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 12.5N96W 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT. FROM 05N TO 12N BETWEEN 96W AND 107W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.18 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W INCLUDING GULF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 06N 
TO 11N BETWEEN 96W AND 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT 
IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 20 FT.

.WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 09N90W TO 
08.5N93W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W 
TO 09N93W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 15N BETWEEN 93W 
AND 96W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 11N E OF 93W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. FROM 05N 
TO 11N BETWEEN 93W AND 1O5W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.N OF 04N BETWEEN 78.5W AND 82W INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 04N BETWEEN 78.5W AND 82W INCLUDING GULF 
OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING 
NE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 2045 UTC SAT MAR 10...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE PRIMARILY ITCZ WITH ASSOCIATED CONVECTION IS JUST S OF THE 
EQUATOR. AN ITCZ SEGMENT EXTENDS FROM 03N95W TO THE EQUATOR 
ALONG 110W. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS 
WITHIN 90 NM N OF THE ITCZ SEGMENT.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.