000
FZPN03 KNHC 161440
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU FEB 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU FEB 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI FEB 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT FEB 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COLD FRONT 28N114W TO 26N120W TO 29N129W. N OF FRONT NW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 24N W OF 130W 
AND FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN 110W AND 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
LINE FROM 23N110W TO 08N110W TO 00N130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 27N E OF 120W NW 
TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 05N TO 21N W 
OF 115W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 27N W OF 125W AND FROM 07N TO 19N 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 100W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 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 80W 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 FROM 21N TO 26N E OF 110W...INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF CALIFORNIA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 17N TO 24N E OF 110W INCLUDING THE GULF 
OF CALIFORNIA N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC THU FEB 16...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 05N TO 15N BETWEEN 105W 
AND 113W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 03N95W TO 05N105W TO LOW PRES NEAR 
04N110W 1013 MB TO 01N125W. THE ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 01N125W TO 
02N140W.

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FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN