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FZPN03 KNHC 110326
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SUN MAR 11 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN MAR 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAR 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAR 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 04N TO 20N W OF 120W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
12 FT IN NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 21N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. S OF 17N BETWEEN 107W 
AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW 
SWELL. W OF LINE FROM 30N129W TO 21N135W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 20N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL. W OF LINE FROM 30N117W TO 
20N127W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 13N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 18N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. W OF LINE FROM 30N135W 
TO 20N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. S OF 12N BETWEEN 110W AND 
120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NE 
AND S SWELL.

.WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 12N96W INCLUDING 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
FROM 05N TO 12N BETWEEN 95W AND 107W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 
13N96W INCLUDING GULF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 06N TO 12N BETWEEN 95W AND 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 20 FT.

.WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 09N90W TO 
08.5N93W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 11N BETWEEN 90W AND 
95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW 
SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 86W AND 92W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 11N 
BETWEEN 92W AND 95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 11N BETWEEN 86W AND 95W INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 11N BETWEEN 95W AND 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 86W AND 92W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 11N 
BETWEEN 92W AND 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
MERGING NE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 11N BETWEEN 86W AND 95W INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT. FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 1O5W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10N 
BETWEEN 95W AND 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY S SWELL.

.N OF 04N BETWEEN 78.5W AND 81W INCLUDING GULF OF PANAMA...N TO 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST N OF 04N BETWEEN 78.5W AND 83W N TO NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 05N BETWEEN 78.5W AND 81W INCLUDING GULF 
OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING NE 
AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0215 UTC SUN MAR 11...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
ITCZ FROM 04N87W TO 02N100W TO THE EQUATOR ALONG 110W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 100 NM N OF 
AXIS BETWEEN 87W AND 94W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION IS S OF 
04N 
BETWEEN 98W AND 106W.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.