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FZPN03 KNHC 201456
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI JAN 20 2012

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI JAN 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT JAN 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN JAN 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.NW OF A LINE FROM 30N136W TO 28N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 28N140W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF A LINE FROM 30N123W TO 27N130W TO 
27N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE FROM 30N118W TO 20N140W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.N OF 28N E OF 118W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.FROM 05N TO 17N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 04N TO 18N W 
OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 17N W OF 130W AND FROM 07N TO 13N 
BETWEEN 115W AND 130W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 15N W OF 130W AND FROM 07N TO 13N 
BETWEEN 120W AND 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED 
NE AND NW SWELL.

.FROM 09N TO 12N E OF 90W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. WINDS AND SEAS ARE LOWER 
DURING AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W...INCLUDING GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 05N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N TO 
NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST 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 AT 1500 UTC FRI JAN 20...

SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
22N110W TO 13N118W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 03N77W TO 07N86W TO 04N90W. THE 
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS FROM 04N90W TO 06N115W TO 
04N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM N OF ITCZ BETWEEN 115W 
AND 135W.

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FORECASTER LANDSEA