000
FZPN03 KNHC 180301
HSFEP2

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 24N E OF 116W TO W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 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 21N TO 27N BETWEEN 110W AND 115W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING NW AND S SWELL. 
DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 30N115W TO 26N120W TO 30N138W. NW OF 
FRONT E OF 120W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING NW AND 
S SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT E OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT IN PRIMARILY S SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA FROM 20N TO 
24N E OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
PRIMARILY S SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 20N E OF 126W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 16N W OF 135W 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. WITHIN 180 NM SE OF LINE 15N98W TO 07N105W SW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SW WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL.  
ELSEWHERE S AND W OF LINE FROM 20N140W TO 20N108W TO 15N104W TO 
11N91W TO 03N81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN S TO 
SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 13N W OF 137W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND S SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 
20N AND NE OF LINE 10N140W TO 00N117W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN S SWELL...HIGHEST E OF 110W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 14N W OF 135W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 20N E OF 125W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.

.24 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 0200 UTC WED MAY 18...
.MONSOONAL TROUGH AXIS FROM 12N103W TO 06N123W.  NUMEROUS 
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION NOTED N OF 12N BETWEEN 95W AND 
100W...AND ALSO FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 93W AND 100W.  

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 06N123W TO 03N140W. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.