000
FZPN03 KNHC 200317
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE MAR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 22N W OF 108W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT. GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 30N NW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 17N BETWEEN 104W 
AND 107W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26N TO 30N NW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.N OF 26N WITHIN 360 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 20N TO 23N BETWEEN 
109W AND 113W AND WITHIN 90 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 
26N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 06N TO 19N W OF 125W AND FROM 10N TO 15N BETWEEN 120W AND 
125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 04N W OF 120W AND N OF 09N BETWEEN 108W 
AND 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW 
SWELL EXCEPT 11 TO 13 FT N OF 19N BETWEEN 112W AND 124W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 13N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 10N BETWEEN 
104W AND 110W AND N OF 05N W OF 110W EXCEPT N OF 20N W OF 130W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 10N W OF 135W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 05N TO 13N W OF 
110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL.

.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 28N140W N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0100 UTC TUE MAR 20...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 04N127W TO 04N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION.

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.