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FZPN03 KNHC 180339
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC FRI FEB 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU FEB 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 29N140W. N OF 27N W OF 130W W TO NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 13 TO 16 FT. ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE FROM 
30N116W TO 19N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 11N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N120W TO 23N132W. N OF 25N E 
OF FRONT TO 117W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN 
NW SWELL. N OF 25N W OF FRONT N TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 15 
FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 11N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N113W TO 23N120W TO 19N134W. 
N OF 27N BETWEEN 119W AND 132W W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
11 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 11N W OF 107W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 07N TO 11N W OF 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 11N W OF 118W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 11N W OF 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 
11N W A LINE FROM 11N115W TO 00N135W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 11N W OF 137W E TO NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. S OF 11N W 
OF A LINE FROM 11N105W TO 00N120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.   

.WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10N91W INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. WINDS AND SEAS LOWER DURING THE 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. WINDS AND SEAS LOWER DURING THE 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.30 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 30 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 LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S TO SW 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 0300 UTC FRI FEB 18...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 07N81W TO 02N92W.  
AXIS CONTINUES AGAIN FROM 03N118W TO 07N132W TO 06N140W. NO 
SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.
 
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.FORECASTER LANDSEA. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.