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FZPN03 KNHC 200939
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC TUE MAR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED MAR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 22N TO 25N 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 N OF 22N 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 29N NW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.LOW PRES NEAR 29N115.5W 1014 MB WITH COLD FRONT TO 28N120W TO 
30N124W. N OF 26N WITHIN 360 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA W TO NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 20N TO 26N 
BETWEEN 110W AND 113W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES AND FRONT TO MOVE SE AND DISSIPATE. 
WITHIN 90 NM OF W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA S OF 28N NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N E OF 125W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA N 
OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 06N TO 20N W OF 127W AND FROM 08N TO 16N BETWEEN 115W AND 
127W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N TO LINE FROM 04N140W TO 11N110W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 17N W OF 125W AND FROM 09N TO 14N 
BETWEEN 120W AND 125W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED 
NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 20N W OF 107W AND FROM 
05N TO 10N W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 20N W OF 138W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 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 30N134W TO 27.5N140W N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. N OF 29N BETWEEN 123W AND 131W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.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...
NO ITCZ AXIS WAS IDENTIFIED. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.