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FZPN03 KNHC 170935
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC THU MAR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N BETWEEN 114W AND 122W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 05N W OF 130W AND FROM 20N TO 25N BETWEEN 125W AND 130W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N 
PART. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA TO 10N110W TO 00N130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 25N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM THE 
SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA TO 10N100W TO 00N120W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 23N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM THE 
SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA TO 06N93W TO 00N110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N PART. 

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 16N95W TO 14N95W TO 13N97W  
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 12N E OF 90W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.06 HOUR FORECAST N OF 06N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF PANAMA...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0700 UTC THU MAR 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 07N82W TO 04N100W TO 
06N115W TO 05N135W TO 06N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM N 
AND 75 NM S OF AXIS W OF 128W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 270 NM 
N AND 90 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 110W AND 123W. 

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.