000
FZPN03 KNHC 041538
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI MAR 04 2016

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 AND 03.4S TO THE 
EQUATOR E OF 120W 

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC FRI MAR 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT MAR 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 06.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF A LINE FROM 30N116W TO 13N125W TO 04N125W TO 00N136W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PORTION.
FROM 03N TO 12N BETWEEN 102W AND 125W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT NEAR 30N140W. N OF 28N W OF 131W SW
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF
A LINE FROM 30N116W TO 23N110W TO 05N110W TO 00N120W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N130W TO 25N140W. N OF 28N E
OF FRONT TO 126W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN NW
SWELL. N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 136W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 12 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA W OF A
LINE FROM 30N116W TO 20N107W TO 06N108W TO 03.4S111W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N122W TO 25N130W TO 23N140W.
W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N116W TO 19N104W TO 07N103W TO
03.4S110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W
TO 15N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W
TO 13.5N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED SW TO W AND NE SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.42 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95W...INCLUDING THE
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W
TO 14N95W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10.5N87.5W...
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS
THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W
TO 10.5N87.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF PAPAGAYO WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC FRI MAR 4...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...          

ITCZ FROM 01N96W TO 03.4S108W THEN RESUMES NEAR 03.4S115W TO
01N123W TO 00N127W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 01N TO 03N BETWEEN
94W AND 99W...AND S OF 09N BETWEEN 111W AND 130W.
 
$$
.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.