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FZPN03 KNHC 180256
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU OCT 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 OCT 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI OCT 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT OCT 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL NEAR 28.5N 116.5W 1004 MB. OVER 
FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT AND 180 NM S 
SEMICIRCLE OF PAUL WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 24N BETWEEN 114W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL DISSIPATED. WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 24N BETWEEN 120W AND 132W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 124W AND 135W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 22N140W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0230 UTC THU OCT 18...

.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 20N TO 23N E OF 107W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 10N84W TO 11N90W TO 10N100W TO 
16N113W TO 10N125W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS 
EXTENDS FROM 10N125W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 75 NM 
OF COASTS OF PANAMA AND COSTA RICA.

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.