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FZPN03 KNHC 300354
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI DEC 30 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI DEC 30.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT DEC 31.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN JAN 01.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COMPLEX TROUGH ALONG 138W/139W FROM 12N TO 19N MOVING W 10 TO 
15 KT. SECOND TROUGH ALONG ITCZ NEAR 129W FROM 08N TO 12N. FROM 
10N TO 18N BETWEEN 127W AND 134W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND E SWELL. FROM 14N TO 24N W OF 134W NE 
TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. FROM 08N TO 14N W OF 137W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF 
28N BETWEEN 118W AND 126W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 09N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COMPLEX TROUGH W OF AREA ALONG 142W/143W. 
SECOND TROUGH ALONG ITCZ NEAR 135W FROM 09N TO 13N. FROM 10N TO 
19N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW 
AND NE SWELL. N OF 28N BETWEEN 118W AND 126W N TO NE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE FROM 
19N130W TO 26N118W TO 30N118W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SECOND TROUGH W OF AREA. NW OF A LINE FROM 
09N140W TO 10N130W TO 18N130W TO 24N117W TO 30N117W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 11.5N E OF 88W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO... 
NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.   
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09.5N TO 12N E OF 88W. NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09.5N TO 12N E OF 90W. NE TO E WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 08.5N TO 10N BETWEEN 90W AND 94W NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.FROM 05N TO 13N BETWEEN 96W AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 110W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W 
TO 14.5N95W TO 13N97W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N 
TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0200 UTC FRI DEC 30...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 13N TO 21N BETWEEN 129W 
AND 139W AND FROM 12N TO 14N BETWEEN 124W AND 129W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE FROM 10N TO 15N W OF 138W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS ANALYZED FROM SW CARIBBEAN ACROSS CENTRAL 
AMERICA ENTERING EPAC NEAR 07.5N78W TO 06N96W WHERE IT 
TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ...CONTINUING TO 07N122W TO 09N130W TO BEYOND 
07N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED NEAR AXIS. 
 
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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.