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FZPN03 KNHC 150937
HSFEP2

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
16N95W TO 14N96W TO 12N97W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W 
TO 14N95W TO 13N96W INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 60 NM FROM COAST 
N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO 
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 06N TO 09N BETWEEN 89W 
AND 107W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 07N TO 
10N BETWEEN 89W AND 105W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 12N E OF 89W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. FROM 07N TO 10N 
BETWEEN 89W AND 102W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 09N79W TO 05N79W INCLUDING
THE GULF OF PANAMA...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 09N79W 
TO 06N79W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 25N WITHIN 90 NM OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA COAST
NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N WITHIN 120 NM OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA 
PENINSULA COAST NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N WITHIN 120 NM OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA 
PENINSULA COAST NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.

.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 26N NW 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.

.FROM 07N TO 18N W OF 114W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 04N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW TO 
W SWELL EXCEPT IN NW SWELL N OF 16N.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 18N W OF 116W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 18N W OF 130W AND FROM 07N TO 
18N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N W OF 111W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL S OF 09N AND IN NW SWELL
N OF 09N.

.36 HOUR FORECAST NW OF LINE FROM 30N130W TO 27N140W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NW OF LINE FROM 30N128W TO 25N140W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0915 UTC THU MAR 15...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 04N86W TO 03N100W TO S OF THE
EQUATOR AT 114W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 60 NM N 
OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 88W AND 92W AND WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE AXIS
BETWEEN 92W AND 99W.

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.