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FZPN03 KNHC 040256
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC MON NOV 04 2013

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON NOV 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE NOV 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED NOV 06.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM SONIA NEAR 23.2N 108.1W 1004 MB AT 0300 UTC NOV 
04 MOVING NNE OR 030 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT 
GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER 
EXCEPT 0 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM E 
SEMICIRCLE AND 0 NM W SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE 
WITHIN 150 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 120 NM W SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 
33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW SONIA NEAR 27.0N 
104.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT. OVER FORECAST 
WATERS WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE 
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE 
AND INTENSITY.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF A LINE FROM 30N121W TO 27N130W TO 27N135W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W N TO NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN PRIMARILY NW TO N SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF A LINE FROM 29N116W TO 25N120W TO 22N140W WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 30N134W 
TO 24N140W TO 17N140W TO 24N115W TO 30N117W TO 30N134W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW TO N SWELL.

.WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO  
14N96W TO 13N100W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO 15N 
BETWEEN 94W AND 101W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND SW SWELL.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N NW TO N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 27N NW TO N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0230 UTC MON NOV 04...

.TROPICAL STORM SONIA...NUMEROUS MODERATE SCATTERED STRONG 
WITHIN 150 NM NW OF A LINE FROM 24N106W TO 22N109W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...             
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 11N86W TO LOW PRES NEAR 10N93W TO 12N103W. 
NO ITCZ E OF 140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.