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FZPN03 KNHC 172141
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC TUE MAY 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE MAY 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED MAY 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAY 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 24N TO 29N E OF 116W TO W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
PENINSULA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 21N TO 24N FROM 
110W TO 115W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 20N TO 26N BETWEEN 110W AND 115W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING NW AND S SWELL. COLD 
FRONT 30N118W TO 28N120W TO 30N138W. N OF FRONT E OF 127W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
FROM 20N TO 24N E OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN PRIMARILY S SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 25N E OF 130W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY S SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 17N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN MIXED MERGING NE WIND WAVES AND S SWELL. FROM 20N TO 24N W OF 
115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NW AND S 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S AND W OF LINE FROM 20N140W TO 20N112W TO 
14N108W TO 10N91W TO 03N81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN S TO SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 14N W OF 132W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND S SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 
20N AND NE OF LINE 10N140W TO 00N122W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN S SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 16N W OF 134W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 25N E OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.

.FROM 03N TO 08N BETWEEN 100W AND 108W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 
TO 12 FT IN MIXED SW WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS ASSOCIATED WITH S 
SWELL DESCRIBED ABOVE. 

.30 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 2100 UTC TUE MAY 17...
.MONSOONAL TROUGH AXIS FROM 17N103W TO 11N110W TO 06N122W.  
NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION NOTED N OF 08N E OF AXIS 
TO 93W. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION NOTED ELSEWHERE FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 80W AND 
120W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 06N122W TO 03N140W. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.