000
FZPN03 KNHC 051521
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU JAN 5 2017

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU JAN 5.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI JAN  6.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT JAN  7.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 10.5N TO 11.5N E OF 88W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.09 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 13N126W TO 14N132W TO 14N135W TO 11N134W
TO 10N131W TO 10N125W TO 13N126W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO
9 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS MERGE WITH NEXT AREA.

.WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 27N140W. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY
30N134W TO 30N140W TO 21N140W TO 23N138W TO 30N134W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAK STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 27N140W. 
WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N132W TO 30N140W TO 10N140W TO 11N135W
TO 18N132W TO 30N132W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED
NE AND NW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO
24N140W. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 27N131W TO 30N131W TO 30N133W TO
25N139W TO 23N139W TO 24N136W TO 27N131W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 18N134W TO 19N136W TO
17N140W TO 09N140W TO 10N136W TO 12N134W TO 18N134W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 24N140W. WITHIN
AREA BOUNDED BY 30N126W TO 30N132W TO 28N135W TO 26N136W TO
27N130W TO 30N126W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N94W TO 16N95W TO
15N95W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20
TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 24N TO 27N W OF 110W NW
TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC THU JAN 5...

.TROUGH FROM 11N135W TO 05N140W...SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 08N TO
10N BETWEEN 135W AND 138W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM LOW PRES NEAR 09N74W TO 05N96W TO
07N105W. ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 07N105W TO 08N120W TO 09N134W.
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 210 NM W OF COAST OF COLOMBIA S OF 07N...
FROM 04N TO 05.5N BETWEEN 88W AND 93W...AND ALSO FROM 08N TO 09.5N
BETWEEN 113W AND 116W.

$$
.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.