000
FZPN03 KNHC 231506
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU AUG 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU AUG 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI AUG 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT AUG 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 04N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 
FT IN SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05N W OF 130W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 03N BETWEEN 92W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. 
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC THU AUG 23...

.LOW PRES 20N110W 1010 MB...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM W 
QUADRANT.

.LOW PRES 11N138W 1010 MB...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM S 
SEMICIRCLE.

.TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 99W N OF 10N...ISOLATED MODERATE TO STRONG 
N OF 12N WITHIN 60 NM OF WAVE AXIS.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 120 NM OF THE COAST BETWEEN 
87W AND 93W. 

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 78W 
AND 83W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS FROM 09.5N85W TO 12N101W TO 11N113W TO 
12N127W TO 11.5N133W THEN ITCZ TO 1010 MB LOW PRES NEAR 11N138W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM N AND 90 NM S OF 
AXIS BETWEEN 84W AND 88W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
WITHIN 210 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 92W AND 96W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 60 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 110W AND 131W.

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.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.