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FZPN03 KNHC 192141
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC THU MAY 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU MAY 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAY 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT MAY 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N WITHIN 180 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W COAST NW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. FROM 20N TO 23N 
BETWEEN 108W AND 111W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN 
MERGING S AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 15N E OF 130W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. S OF 15N E 
OF 134W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N WITHIN 180 NM OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W 
COAST NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. 
FROM 09N TO 17N W OF 132W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N FROM 110W TO 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT.  
SEAS 9 FT IN MERGING S AND NW SWELL. S OF 10N FROM 98W TO 130W  
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  N OF 25N FROM 115W TO 124W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL. S OF 10N FROM 96W 
TO 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26.5N TO 29N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAK TROUGH FROM 09N106W TO 06N117W. WITHIN 
120 NM SE OF TROUGH AXIS SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH STATIONARY. LITTLE CHANGE IN WINDS AND 
SEAS. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 2100 UTC THU MAY 19...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED N OF 04N E 
OF 90W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ALONG 12N86W TO 12N93W TO 
06N116W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 90 NM N AND 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 97W 
AND 110W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED 
WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS FROM 114W TO 137W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.