000
FZPN03 KNHC 200318
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT OCT 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT OCT 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN OCT 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON OCT 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 24N140W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 136W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 
FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
16N94.5W TO 14N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0230 UTC SAT OCT 20...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 14N90W TO 10N106W TO 12N118W TO 
12N126W TO 10N134W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS 
EXTENDS FROM 10N134W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG N OF 10N E OF 89W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90-150 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN 89W AND 94W AND WITHIN 75 
NM EITHER SIDE OF MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN 127W AND 130W.

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.