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FZPN03 KNHC 260218
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE APR 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE APR 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N WITHIN 150 NM W OF BAJA PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 29N BETWEEN 117W AND 123W NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N BETWEEN 112W AND
132W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SE
AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 25N TO 27N WITHIN 90 NM W OF BAJA
PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN
AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 30N128W TO 30N116W TO 23N112W TO
19N116W TO 30N128W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT
PRIMARILY IN MIXED S AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 30N123W TO
30N116W TO 20N112W TO 20N118W TO 30N123W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

.FROM 07N TO 16N BETWEEN 115W AND 140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 240 NM OF LINE FROM 08N122W TO 20N137W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 20N140W TO
10N119W TO 08N140W TO 20N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT.  

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT FROM 31N113W TO 30N116W. N OF
FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N OF 29N E OF
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.30 HOUR FORECAST S OF 03S BETWEEN 118W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 00S130W TO 02S115W TO 03.4S100W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0215 UTC TUE APR 26... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
         
TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 09N83W TO 07N90W TO 07N100W. ITCZ FROM
07N100W TO 07N110W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED
STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 08N82W TO 06N90W TO 07N100W AND
WITHIN 150 NM OF LINE FROM 09N103W TO 08N120W.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.