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FZPN03 KNHC 221500
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC MON AUG 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON AUG 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE AUG 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED AUG 24.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM KAY NEAR 22.0N 117.1W 1002 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 22
MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS
50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT
40 NM NW QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM N
SEMICIRCLE AND 30 NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE
WITHIN 150 NM NW AND 60 NM SE SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL DEPRESSION KAY NEAR 22.5N 119.4W.
WITHIN 60 NM N AND 30 NM S SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8
TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW KAY NEAR 23.2N
122.6W. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.72 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.

.S OF 02S BETWEEN W OF 105W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN
MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 02S BETWEEN 105W AND 112W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. FROM 03N TO 09N
BETWEEN 112W AND 118W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SE
AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.18 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 87W...INCLUDING THE GULF
OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W...INCLUDING THE GULF
OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC MON AUG 22...

.TROPICAL STORM KAY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG WITHIN 45 NM
W SEMICIRCLE.

.TROPICAL WAVE AXIS NEAR ALONG 96W FROM 08N TO 15N. SCATTERED
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG N OF 10N BETWEEN 92W AND 96W. 

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG N OF 04N E OF 81W.  

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 08N90W TO 08N96W TO LOW PRES NEAR
10N110W TO 08N116W TO 09N131W. ITCZ FROM 10N131W TO 07N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM S OF THE
MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN 96W AND 105W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED
STRONG WITHIN 60 NM N AND 120 NM S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN
109W AND 118W. 

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.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.