000
FZPN03 KNHC 310915
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED MAR 31 2010

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED MAR 31.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 01.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 02.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 13N TO 22N W OF 135W NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT 
IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 07N TO 22N W OF LINE 
22N127W TO 07N122W NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW 
SWELL. FROM 07N TO 10N BETWEEN 98W AND 105W NE TO E WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 24N W OF 130W NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 25N W OF 123W NE TO E WIND 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 

.N OF 26N E OF 118W TO BAJA CALIFORNIA NW TO N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W OF 114W WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N. EXCEPT AS 
NOTED ABOVE...REMAINDER OF AREA W OF LINE 22N114W TO 06N124W 
WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N E OF 134W TO BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WIND 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N W 
OF 111W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. 
EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...REMAINDER OF AREA W OF LINE 24N111W TO 
05N120W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N E OF 123W NW TO N WIND 20 TO 25 KT.   
SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...ELSEWHERE 
W OF LINE 23N110W TO 17N104W TO 00N104W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE 16N94.5W TO 14N95.5W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 05N TO 11N 
BETWEEN 95W AND 104W WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED 
NE AND NW SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WIND 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N SW TO W WIND 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 26N NW WIND 20 KT.  
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CONVECTION VALID 0830 UTC WED MAR 31...

.A CLUSTER OF STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 75 NM OF 
07N102W ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK LOW LEVEL TROUGH IN THE EASTERLY 
FLOW. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04N77W TO 05N82W TO 03N95W TO 
05N120W TO 06N130W TO 04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG 
CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 90 NM S AND 150 NM N OF AXIS E 
OF 89W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING 
WITHIN 240 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 119W AND 133W. 
 
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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.