000
FZPN03 KNHC 150906
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED FEB 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED FEB 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU FEB 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.DISSIPATING COLD FRONT 28N110W TO 21N123W. N OF FRONT NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W 
OF 113W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  
FROM 08N TO 22N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA N OF 05N W OF 
120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST NEW COLD FRONT 30N115W TO 29N118W TO 30N129W. 
N OF FRONT E OF 127W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF FRONT TO 27N E OF 124W NW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 23N W OF 131W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. FROM 10N 
TO 18N BETWEEN 122W AND 131W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 04N W OF 113W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 26N110W TO 
24N120W. N OF 28N E OF 118W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 9 TO 10 
FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 23N W OF 131W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. N OF 10N TO LINE FROM
20N131W TO 15N113W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW 
AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 03N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W INCLUDING GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.

.N OF 06N E OF 80.5W 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.

.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT FROM 31N113W TO 
29N114W. N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 26N110W TO 
24N120W. GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0830 UTC WED FEB 15...

.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 07N TO 16N BETWEEN 102W AND 109W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH ENTERS AREA ALONG 00N91W TO 04N104W TO 04N114W TO 
02N129W...WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ...CONTINUING ON TO BEYOND 
03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED 
WITHIN 150 NM S OF TROUGH FROM 94W TO 122W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 60 NM N OF ITCZ BETWEEN 129W AND 137W.

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FORECASTER STRIPLING