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FZPN03 KNHC 311538
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED MAR 31.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU APR 01.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI APR 02.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 06N TO 26N W OF 130W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT 
IN NW SWELL. FROM 06N TO 11N BETWEEN 124W TO 130W NE WIND TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 25N W OF 127W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 24N W OF 122W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.N OF 25N E OF 118W TO BAJA CALIFORNIA NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 23N W OF 113W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 19 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N. EXCEPT 
AS NOTED ABOVE...REMAINDER OF AREA W OF LINE 23N110W TO 15N110W 
TO 00N100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N E OF 128W TO BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE 
FROM 24N111W TO 11N126W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 
FT IN NW SWELL. EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...REMAINDER OF AREA W OF 
LINE 23N110W TO 10N110W TO 00N110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 20N BETWEEN 109W AND A LINE FROM 20N113W 
TO 30N121W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN NW 
SWELL. EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE 22N109W TO 
10N100W TO 00N97W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N.

.WITHIN 45 NM OF A LINE 16N95W TO 14N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N SW TO W WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA BETWEEN 27N AND 30N SW TO W 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA BETWEEN 24N AND 27N NW 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC WED MAR 31...
.TROUGH 08N121W TO 03N124W...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04N77W TO 02N95W TO 05N123W TO 
03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 79W 
AND 83W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM EITHER 
SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 116W AND 137W. 
 
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.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.