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FZPN03 KNHC 272200
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC WED APR 27 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED APR 27.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 28.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 29.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N BETWEEN 118W AND 125W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 23N BETWEEN 122W AND 
127W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 23N BETWEEN 115W AND 122W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
9 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N BETWEEN 120W AND 127W N TO NE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N 
BETWEEN 116W AND 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 118W AND 125W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE 
27N114W TO 19N124W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED 
NE AND NW SWELL. 

.FROM 05N TO 10N W OF 129W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. 
FROM 16N TO 19N W OF 135W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 09N W OF 133W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC 36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 94W AND 
96W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC 42 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 
96W N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC 48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13N BETWEEN 94W AND 
96W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO 42 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.GULF OF PAPAGAYO 48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W NE 
TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 2030 UTC WED APR 27...

A SURFACE TROUGH IS S OF THE ITCZ EXTENDING FROM 06N90W TO 
03N98W GENERATING SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG FROM 04N 
TO 06N BETWEEN 88W AND 93W. 

SCATTERED MODERATE WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTERS OF STRONG N OF 02N E 
OF 86W TO INLAND OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ANALYZED FROM 08N77W TO 
09N95W TO 10N105W TO 05N116W TO 03N133W WHERE IT TERMINATES... 
THEN BEGINS ANEW SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR. SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS FROM 107W TO 114W. 

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.FORECASTER PAW. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.