000
FZPN03 KNHC 100332
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI FEB 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC FRI FEB 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.W OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 20N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
13 TO 21 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 30N140W. ELSEWHERE N OF 
17N W OF 111W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N WITHIN 120 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 23N W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST W OF 125W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N WITHIN 120 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 23N W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 05N TO 17N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. S OF 17N W OF A LINE FROM 
17N111W TO 00N130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 18.5N104W TO 13N108W. FROM 14N TO 
18.5N BETWEEN 103W AND 108W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT EXCEPT NE WINDS 
W OF TROUGH. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 06N TO 14N W OF 
125W AND FROM 14N TO 23N W OF 118W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
S OF 23N W OF A LINE FROM 23N108W TO 13N108W TO 00N120W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING TROUGH FROM 20N106W TO 16N107W TO 
12N111W. WITHIN 90 NM W OF TROUGH N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 10N TO 23N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 23N W OF A LINE FROM 23N110W TO 14N104W TO 
00N104W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14.5N95W TO 
13N96W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. S OF 08N BETWEEN 95W AND 106W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W 
TO 15N95W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W 
TO 15N95W TO 13N96W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W...INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 05N BETWEEN 78W AND 80.5W...INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N 
TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 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 0300 UTC FRI FEB 10...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 05N77W TO 08N85W TO 03N100W TO 
05N113W TO 03N122W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS 
EXTENDS FROM 03N122W TO 03N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

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FORECASTER LEWITSKY