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FZPN03 KNHC 170945
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC THU FEB 17 2011

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU FEB 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT FEB 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10N89W INCLUDING 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.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N117W TO 24N130W.  N OF FRONT TO 130W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 22N TO 26N 
BETWEEN 112W AND 115W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N 
OF 20N W OF 110W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. NEW SECOND COLD FRONT 
30N128W TO 27N140W. N OF SECOND COLD FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 KT.  
SEAS 14 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN 90 NM SE OF FRONT N OF 27N 
SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 13 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 15N 
W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL... 
HIGHEST N OF 27N W OF 125W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N121W TO 20N127W. N OF 27N 
WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT  S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT 
IN NW SWELL. N OF 26N W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 16N W OF 115W  
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...FROM 06N N TO LINE 22N140W TO 10N128W 
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 110W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 06N TO 12N W OF 134W NE WINDS 20 KT.  
SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE...NW AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF 
LINE 15N112W TO 00N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16N W OF 130W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.   

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94W AND 
96W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0900 UTC THU FEB 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 04N114W TO 06N128W 
TO 05N135W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 130W AND 135W.
 
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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.