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FZPN03 KNHC 122108
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU APR 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU APR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COLD FRONT JUST N OF AREA. N OF 20N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N125W TO 27N138W. N OF 28N 
W OF FRONT TO 135W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE N OF 25N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N122W TO 25N135W. W OF FRONT 
TO 135W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 25N W 
OF 135W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MOVED INLAND NE OF AREA. N OF 27N
E OF 125W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N115W TO 20N125W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 05N TO 20N W OF 115W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 20N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 
115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW 
SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 20N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 
115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW 
SWELL.

.FROM 22N TO 27N E OF 116W TO THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N W WINDS 2O KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 2100 UTC THU APR 12...
.TROUGH FROM 03N89W TO 03N100W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N AND 90 NM S OF TROUGH.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 03N110W TO 05N115W TO 01N135W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER CAB. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.