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FZPN03 KNHC 180814
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN MAR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 04N TO 20N W OF 130W AND FROM 06N TO 14N BETWEEN 123W AND 
130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE S 
OF A LINE FROM 00N95W TO 20N120W TO 20N140W EXCEPT S OF 03N W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 18N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL. FROM 03N TO 06N W OF 125W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
FROM 07N TO 20N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 17N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. FROM 03N TO 06N W OF 130W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL.

.COLD FRONT FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA NEAR 29N115W TO 26N120W TO 
22N132W. NW OF FRONT TO 132W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 
30 KT ALONG 30N. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 15 TO 20 
FT N OF 28N BETWEEN 120W AND 132W. N OF 28N E OF FRONT TO 
BAJA CALIFORNIA SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
N OF LINE FROM 30N115W TO 20N120W TO 20N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 26N108W TO 19N115W. N OF 
29N BETWEEN 125W AND BAJA CALIFORNIA W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
15 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM OF THE W COAST 
OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 12 TO 16 FT N OF 22N BETWEEN 117W AND 130W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N BETWEEN 120W AND BAJA CALIFORNIA NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 10N W 
OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N SW TO W WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 18N TO 24N BETWEEN 105W AND 108W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10N89W... 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E 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.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0815 UTC SUN MAR 18...
.COLD FRONT 29N115W TO 26N120W TO 22N132W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT AND GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 27N.

.TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 06N90W TO 04N97W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 150 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 87W AND 92W AND WITHIN 60 NM N 
OF TROUGH BETWEEN 94W AND 96W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE ITCZ AXIS WAS ANALYZED S OF THE EQUATOR. NO SIGNIFICANT DEEP 
CONVECTION.

$$
.FORECASTER COBB. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.